Amid the chaos gripping the United States, Rev. Fabiola Grandon-Mayer, Director of Connectional Ministries for the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church, believes that the church's diversity and our unity in Christ enrich and strengthen us. She shares her inspirational message of hope with hosts Leanne Noland and Jasmin Taylor.

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The Great Collide is a production of the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries, a communications ministry of the Protestant, Orthodox, and Episcopal Churches of greater Chicago in cooperation with the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago.

With a new administration in Washington, Stroger Hospital, where many of Chicago's poor and undocumented residents come for treatment, is facing new stresses. Michael Smith and Rose Cicero from Bishop Anderson House share what hospital chaplains have witnessed, and how churches can respond during this stressful time.

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Progressive Christians have been horrified by the rise of Christian Nationalism. But Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood point out in their new book Baptizing America that many of the views espoused by Christian Nationalists have their roots in the mainline Protestant church. Leanne Noland and Jasmin Taylor host the program.

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Fear has spread in Chicago churches after President Trump revoked longstanding protections barring immigration raids on schools, hospitals, and churches. In many immigrant communities, parishioners are afraid to attend service, and churches that are housing refugee families are offering special training to prepare for raids.

Rev. Dr. Beth Brown, pastor of Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church in Chicago, shares how her congregation will continue to stand with immigrants and refugees.

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Next year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The country has changed greatly, and Americans from both sides of the aisle are making plans to mark the occasion. Retired United Church of Christ pastor Rev. Dick Simpson and Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, Executive Director of Illinois Humanities, are members of the Illinois America 250 Commission. They share their vision for the Semiquincentennial.

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During the recent presidential campaign, Donald Trump said, “I’ll protect women whether they like it or not.” He then defeated the first woman presidential candidate nominated by a major party in the United States.

Rev. Dr. Stephanie Perdew shares her thoughts on who should be women's protectors. She is the director of the Damascus Project, the theological education ministry of the Wisconsin and Minnesota Conferences of the United Church of Christ, and an affiliate professor of Christian history at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.

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Jasmin and Leanne talk with Rev. Fred Milligan, co-chair of Presbyterians for Earth Care’s Advocacy Committee, about what the incoming Trump administration means for our planet and how Christians who believe in a Biblical mandate to protect their environment can go forward in faith.

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Donald Trump won the presidency with help from an overwhelming number of self-professed Christians. Eight in ten Evangelicals voted for him, while he also increased his share of the vote among Catholics and other Protestants. Dr. Jason Shelton, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for African American Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, helps us understand why Trump is so popular with religious voters. Shelton is the author of The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion.

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