At the top of the page. So now on to the main event. Were very lucky to have a guest with us this morning, lyz lenz, the writer currently contributing to columbia journalism review. Her writing has appeared all over the place, and her essay all the angry women appeared in [inaudible] not that bad. She also has a second book called belabored which is coming out in 2020. In god land, lyz lenz asks the question what is happening to faith in america. At a time when more than 70 of americans consider themselves christians, yet many religious leaders are decrying a loss of faith, the relationships and division our countrys facing. Let me just say that its a very timely book. And without further ato do, please help ado, please help me welcome lyz lenz. [applause] hi. Can everybody hear me okay . Im used to doing, like, midwestern events where theres always the one woman in the back with, shes like, please, talk louder. Youre like, im talking as loud as i want to, ethel. [laughter] so when i h
Consider themselves christian yet many religious leaders are decrying a loss of faith, god land a story of faith, loss and renewal in Middle America is an investigation of the division our country is facing area i dont wantto spoil anything else let me say its a timely book. And without further ado, please help me welcome lyz lenz. [applause] hi. Can everybody hear me okay . Im used to doing midwestern events where theres always one woman in the back like to talk louder. Youre like im talking as loud as i want you, ethel. So when i heard cspan was going to be here, they were like you have any questions and i said yes, can you wear jorts on cspan and they said cspan encourages jorts. I wasnt going to wearthem but i felt like after that reply i felt like i had to. I wore a shirt for you, washington dc because iowa, for some reason have to come here to be president. Sucks. So i wanted to just tell you the origins story of the book because this is a book about religion and you dont really
Let me just say that its a very timely book. And without further ato do, please help ado, please help me welcome lyz lenz. [applause] hi. Can everybody hear me okay . Im used to doing, like, midwestern events where theres always the one woman in the back with, shes like, please, talk louder. Youre like, im talking as loud as i want to, ethel. [laughter] so when i heard cspan was going to be here, they were, like, do you have any questions . And i said [inaudible] cspan encourages shorts, but i felt after that reply that i had to. The i want to also just acknowledge the shirt i wore specifically for you, washington d. C. It says, iowa for some reason you have to come here to be president. [laughter] sucks. So is i wanted to just tell you the origin story of the book, because this is a book about religion, and you dont really want to, like, just hear me read from a book about religion. If you wanted to do that, you could go to christmas dinner with your grandma. She misses you. So i want
Captures the imagination of everyone because they can all imagine that could have been my kid. They were frantic, kind of screaming, someone took jacob. Theres a man with a gun and hes got jacob. Youre worried about him getting hit by a car and he gets snatched by somebody. Who would take a child . Jacob is all alone. Its not fair. This is wrong. Youre all riding your bike and your scooter from this way and you get to this area. What happens . All of a sudden a man came out from this area over here. We saw some adultsize footprints and smaller ones like child size footprints that looked like somebody was pulling this kid along. That search was massive. In my mind the man that took jacob was always lurking around the corner, and certainly could strike again. Were you thinking theres a serial kidnapper on the loose . On this country road, an 11yearold boy riding his bike is abducted just a half mile away from his home. The kidnapping of Jacob Wetterling would become one of the biggest my
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