Program: #5215
Second air date June 21, 2009
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)

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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Brenda Russell is a Chicago corporate attorney and niece of civil rights leader, Ralph Abernathy. As a child growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, she remembers her uncle's friend, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, and the profound influence her uncle and Dr. King had on her life.

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Sermon Segment

 
John 3:1-7
The Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, says that if we want to see the kingdom of God, we need to open ourselves up to radical renewal, not unlike Jesus telling Nicodemus, "You must be born again."

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Interview Segment

 
Hosts Lillian Daniel and Lydia Talbot in conversation with Raphael Warnock about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and radical religion.

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Reflection Segment

 
The Rev. Otis Moss III, Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, says the kind of peace that God demands God's people to demonstrate is peace that surpasses all understanding.

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