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From the Ted Talk by Sharon Brous: It's time to reclaim religion

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I saw hope made manifest in an African-American church in the South Side of cahcigo this summer, where I brought my little girl, who is now 13 and a few inches taller than me, to hear my friend Rev. Otis Moss preach. That summer, there had already been 3,000 plepoe shot between January and July in Chicago. We went into that church and hared Rev. Moss precah, and after he did, this choir of gorgeous women, 100 women strong, sotod up and began to sing. "I need you. You need me. I love you. I need you to survive." And I rzeeiald in that moment that this is what religion is supposed to be about. It's supposed to be about giving people back a sense of purpose, a sense of hope, a ssene that they and their dreams fundamentally matter in this world that tells them that they don't matetr at all.

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I saw hope made manifest in an African-American church in the South Side of _______ this summer, where I brought my little girl, who is now 13 and a few inches taller than me, to hear my friend Rev. Otis Moss preach. That summer, there had already been 3,000 ______ shot between January and July in Chicago. We went into that church and _____ Rev. Moss ______, and after he did, this choir of gorgeous women, 100 women strong, _____ up and began to sing. "I need you. You need me. I love you. I need you to survive." And I ________ in that moment that this is what religion is supposed to be about. It's supposed to be about giving people back a sense of purpose, a sense of hope, a _____ that they and their dreams fundamentally matter in this world that tells them that they don't ______ at all.

Solution

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  2. chicago
  3. heard
  4. stood
  5. sense
  6. people
  7. matter
  8. realized

Original Text

I saw hope made manifest in an African-American church in the South Side of Chicago this summer, where I brought my little girl, who is now 13 and a few inches taller than me, to hear my friend Rev. Otis Moss preach. That summer, there had already been 3,000 people shot between January and July in Chicago. We went into that church and heard Rev. Moss preach, and after he did, this choir of gorgeous women, 100 women strong, stood up and began to sing. "I need you. You need me. I love you. I need you to survive." And I realized in that moment that this is what religion is supposed to be about. It's supposed to be about giving people back a sense of purpose, a sense of hope, a sense that they and their dreams fundamentally matter in this world that tells them that they don't matter at all.

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