'Faith as a Verb': Kamala Harris Preaches Community, Action

OAKLAND, California – In these last weeks before Election Day, Kamala Harris has intentionally headed to the pews, hoping to make clear the role faith plays in her vision for America. "Let us, as the Good Samaritan did, see in the face of a stranger, a neighbor," she recently told parishioners in Georgia. She's also told churchgoers how her God "is a loving God" and she's often fond of saying, "One must do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with our God." That mindset has been a constant theme throughout her life. Some might call it a, 'Social Gospel' approach. "I don't know if I put a label on it as much as, how do you help people thrive," says Pastor Leah Daughtry, her close friend of 20 years. "Government has a role, and so whether it's helping people to buy their first homes, or whether it's helping children to go to good schools, which then gives them the foundation to become whoever they want to be, it's really grounded in those early lessons that she learned in church." OAKLAND, California – In these last weeks before Election Day, Kamala Harris has intentionally headed to the pews, hoping to make clear the role faith plays in her vision for America. "Let us, as the Good Samaritan did, see in the face of a stranger, a neighbor," she recently told parishioners in Georgia. She's also told churchgoers how her God "is a loving God" and she's often fond of saying, "One must do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with our God." That mindset has been a constant theme throughout her life. Some might call it a, 'Social Gospel' approach. "I don't know if I put a label on it as much as, how do you help people thrive," says Pastor Leah Daughtry, her close friend of 20 years. "Government has a role, and so whether it's helping people to buy their first homes, or whether it's helping children to go to good schools, which then gives them the foundation to become whoever they want to be, it's really grounded in those early lessons that she learned in church."