Program: #5321
First air date February 28, 2010
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)

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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Hannah McConnaughay is a Christian who values diversity and her friendships with people of other faiths.

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Sermon Segment

 
Christine Chakoian, Pastor and Head of Staff at First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, Illinois, reflects on the meaning of "communion" in the context of being at table with Jewish and Muslim friends. Breaking bread, she says, is an act of hospitality that welcomes the "other," that overcomes differences and transforms strangers into friends.

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Interview Segment

 
Sherre Hirsch and Eboo Patel in conversation with Christine Chakoian, who says, " I think about the hospitality of treating the other as friend, of assuming the best in someone rather than assuming the worst. Welcoming differences is a way not only to get to know this surprise, but also somehow to get to know ones' self simply by knowing the other."

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