Program: #5003
Topic: Joy
First air date October 15, 2006
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)
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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Musician Marge Nykaza created "Harmony, Hope and Healing" to bring hope into the lives of Chicago's homeless women and men.

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Sermon Segment

 
Dr. Benjamin Reaves, Vice President of Mission and Ministries for the Adventist Health System, delivers a message he calls, "Joy...Because Of, In Spite Of" reflecting on St. Paul's advice in the Letter to the Philippians to "Rejoice in the Lord always." This is not to deny the harsh realities of life, but rather to not let the dark realities blind us to the true radiance of joy to be found in the Lord.

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Quotation


“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!”

 
                                                       — Philippians 4:4

Interview Segment

 
Hosts Daniel Pawlus and Lydia Talbot in conversation with Benjamin Reaves on the topic of joy. He says happiness depends on circumstances, and as long as things happen that are right for us, we feel happy. But then when it's not that way, all of a sudden the happiness goes away. Joy, on the other hand, sustains us through the good and the bad.

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Reflection Segment

 
Christine Chakoian, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, Illinois, reflects on a moment of joy that lifted her out a dark period in her life.

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