Program: #5010
Topic: Diversity
Second air date June 24, 2007
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)
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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
The events of 9/11 were deeply troubling for Malik Mujahid and personally painful. He and his community were suddenly perceived as terrorists. They want the world to know that peace is the primary characteristic of the Muslim faith – that we are not enemies, but neighbors.

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Sermon Segment

 
Internationally renowned author and lecturer, Sr. Joan Chittister, explores the central gifts of each of the major world religions. She says all the great religious traditions strive for the same holiness, with the hope of eternal peace, universal justice, inclusive community, human wholeness, and divine fulfillment.

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Quotation


Seek the Lord your God, and you will find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.
 
                                                     — Deuteronomy 4:29

Interview Segment

 
Hosts Daniel Pawlus and Lydia Talbot in conversation with Sr. Joan Chittister, who talks about the ways the world is changing and how important it is to be in dialogue and friendship with brothers and sisters of all faiths.

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Reflection Segment

 
Writer and Christian formation expert, Joe Paprocki, remembers how his personal faith was honed in the college cafeteria.

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