Program: #5104
Topic: Gratitude
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)

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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
For psychiatrist and professional photographer, John Matt Dorn, the message of the Bible can be summed up in two words: love and forgiveness.

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Sermon Segment

 
Dr. Howard Macy, Professor of Religion and Biblical Studies at George Fox University in Oregon, talks about the importance of giving thanks. Being thankful frees us to receive life as a gift and frees us from the burden of needing to be self-sufficient.

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Interview Segment

 
Hosts Daniel Pawlus and Lydia Talbot in conversation with Dr. Howard Macy who says about the Quakers that, even in the dark hours of oppression in the 17th century, they had a keen sense that the ocean of darkness and death was being overcome by an ocean of God's light and love.

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Reflection Segment

 
Writer Tom McGrath's father maintained a grateful heart, even in his final days of pain and suffereing, witnessing to the fact that nothing can separate us from the sustaining love of God.

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