Program# 4911
Topic: Awareness
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)
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Spiritual Journey Segment

Mimi Black learns more about God in precious time spent with her toddler, Joseph.

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Sermon Segment

Writer and teacher, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, Scholar in Residence at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, California, says for Jewish mystics, the experience of the Divine is not so much a divinity above creation, running it from afar, but a God who is the holy Oneness of All Being – the One with No End.

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Interview Segment

Hosts Delle Chatman and Daniel Pawlus in conversation with Rabbi
Larry Kushner, who says that everyone has mystical experiences – not necessarily where the roof flies off the building and you hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing the "Hallelujah" chorus, but more like quickie moments where, for just a split second, you get a glistening sense of God's presence.

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Reflection Segment

Storyteller, Mama Edie Armstrong, reflects on the connection we have with all of God's creation and hopes that connection will help us choose life over death.

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