Program: #5008
Topic: Joy
First air date February 19, 2007
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)
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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Tenor Rodrick Dixon, one of the country's most exciting young singers, sings because of a heart filled with joy and a deep sense that God's gift of his voice should be shared with the world.

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Sermon Segment

 
Author, pastor and teacher, John Killinger says most of us spend more time seeking pleasure than contemplating joy, and yet the joy God gives us can transform everything about us, including our sorrows and disappointments.

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Quotation


Joy is the echo of God’s life within us.

 
                                                       — Joseph Marmion

Interview Segment

 
Hosts Daniel Pawlus and Lydia Talbot in conversation with John Killinger, who says "I think an atheist or an agnostic can have joy but how much deeper it is when you feel that it's all somehow connected in God."

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Reflection Segment

 
Writer and Christian formation expert, Joe Paprocki, tells us that, as people made in the image and likeness of God, each of us has an invitation to embrace the joy that comes from an intimate relationship with God.

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