Program: #5304
First air date October 25, 2009
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)

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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Renowned educator and Quaker writer, Parker Palmer, says one of the biggest things he has learned in life is that the direction of the spiritual journey is not upward but downward, to what Paul Tillich called the ground of being.

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Sermon Segment

 
I John 4:16-21
Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister of Middle Collegiate Church in New York City, declares in this message that we are God's "Love Shacks" — dwelling places for God's love. If we believe that, it follows that we would, in turn, treat everyone else with love and respect.

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Interview Segment

 
Lillian Daniel and Daniel Pawlus in conversation with Jacqui Lewis, who says if we really understand that God dwells in everyone, then there are implications for community, and together we can make the world a better place.

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Reflection Segment

 
Rabbi Michael Siegel, Senior Rabbi of Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago, says the world will not be saved in a grand movement, in a world movement, but one soul at a time.

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