Program: #5312
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)

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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Tariq Malhance's Muslim faith is at the core of his life and work as former Comptroller for the City of Chicago and now Senior Vice President of UIB Capital, Chicago, an Islamic Financial Services Group.

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Sermon Segment

 
Writer, lecturer and peace activist, Sr. Joan Chittister, reflects on compassion: the emotion that links us to those outside ourselves and the capacity for outreach that drives us to go beyond ourselves to the beating pulse of the rest of the world. Compassion is a veritable dimension of what it means to be fully human.

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Interview Segment

 
Lillian Daniel and Lydia Talbot in conversation with Sr. Joan Chittister, who says, "In the United States, I know no people who are more inclined to support, in the midst of their own needs, those who have even less. If you were with me in our soup kitchen you'd know this recession has brought about as much compassion as it has pain."

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Reflection Segment

 
Vicki Garvey, Director of Spiritual Formation for the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, reflects on how the image we carry of God has everything to do with how we operate in the world — how we think and act.

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