Worship Service

Walt Whitman described the residents of the US as “[s]trong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich” and “[p]erennial with the Earth.” For the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence, Chris Bolster explores Walt Whitman’s radical message of love, democracy, and joy. What kind of people did Whitman see making up our national tapestry in the 19th century when he wrote that we are “not merely a nation but a teeming nation of nations”? And what kind of nation are we still trying to become?