Program: #5009
Topic: Calling
First air date November 26, 2006
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)
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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Interior designer, Jan Hubbard creates Sunday School rooms that engage children in the life of the Bible.

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Sermon Segment

 
Eugene Sutton, Canon Pastor at the National Cathedral, says that to hear the calling of God in our lives we should listen in deep, contemplative prayer—silent before God—opening our hearts to be nudged by the Spirit into the way we are to go.

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Quotation


The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the
world’s deep hunger meet.
 
                                           — Frederick Buechner “Wishful Thinking”

Interview Segment

 
Hosts Daniel Pawlus and Lydia Talbot in conversation with Eugene Sutton, who says centering prayer is an offering to God beyond thoughts, beyond words, beyond desires. Its only intention is to consent to God's presence and action within.

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Reflection Segment

 
Christine Chakoian, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, Illinois, says that many of us experience multiple callings, callings that inevitably compete with each other for time and attention..

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