Program: #5216
First air date January 18, 2009
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)

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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Terry Rynne sold his successful business to devote his life to the cause of peace. He's the author of "Ghandi and Jesus," which Bishop Desmond Tutu describes as "a sharp reminder of the need for embracing the way of nonviolence."

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Sermon Segment

 
Sr. Joan Chittister, author of "The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully," invites us to embrace older age as a natural part of life that is spiritually active and contemplative, productive and reflective, and deeply rewarding.

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Interview Segment

 
Hosts Daniel Pawlus and Lydia Talbot in conversation with Sr. Joan Chittister, who says, "I never write about anything that doesn't start in my heart. I really have to be committed to a subject. Its has to be a subject that I care about in a most intense and personal way. So I don't write books, I write thoughts. I write ideas. I write life as I see it at that moment."

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Reflection Segment

 
The Rev. Dr. Martin Marty, Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School, says we need the Spirit to help us to both control ourselves and resist the impulse to control others.

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