Program: #4807
Topic: Joy
First air date November 14, 2004
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)
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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
“The Two Elizabeths.” Elizabeth Carlson and Elizabeth Collins experience deep, spiritual joy in their work as quilters.

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Sermon Segment

 
Dr. Benjamin Reaves preaches a message about joy. The joy that lasts, he says, is neither externally dependent, nor dependent on the absence of sorrow and pain, but is rooted in the experience with God.

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Music Segment


The 30 Good Minutes Chorale sings “Rejoice, You Pure in Heart” with music by Arthur Messiter (1883) and words by Edward Plumptre (1865), based on Philippians 4:4. Recorded at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago.

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Interview Segment

 
Host Lydia Talbot talks with Benjamin Reaves. He first learned about joy, he says, from his parents, whose own joy was grounded in their relationship with God.

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Reflection Segment

 
Writer and rabbi, Karyn Kedar, recalls the sense of joy she experienced late one winter night, stuck in her car on a country road.

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