Program: #5204
First air date October 26, 2008
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)

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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Writer Anne Basye is the author of "Sustaining Simplicity: A Journal" which chronicles her year-long quest for a spiritual answer to the question "What is necessary?" In this profile she talks about the choices she made about possessions and time as she tried living into a simpler life.

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Sermon Segment

 
Author, pastor and teacher, Dr. John Killinger, talks about having faith in God when we are severely tested by personal suffering or a world that's in a mess.

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Interview Segment

 
Hosts Lillian Daniel and Daniel Pawlus in conversation with Dr. John Killinger, who talks about church life, writing, storytelling, and a new memoir about his experiences as a pastor in Lynchburg, Virginia, across town from Jerry Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church.

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Reflection Segment

 
The Rev. Otis Moss III, Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, says when you have joy in your heart you allow the spirit of God to come through in any circumstance.

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