Program: #5301
First air date October 4, 2009
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)

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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Writer Phyllis Tickle, one of America's foremost observers of religion, came upon her career unexpectedly by going wherever she was drawn. Her work and spiritual life are two halves of an integrated life.

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Sermon Segment

 
Phyllis Tickle, author of "The Great Emergence" and "The Divine Hours," reflects on forgiveness in the framework of Jesus' words in Matthew 5:14-15, following the Lord's Prayer: "If you forgive people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." It is wise, she says, to stop and ask ourselves, "What if?" What if Jesus meant it, and what if we do, too?

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Interview Segment

 
Daniel Pawlus and Lydia Talbot in conversation with Phyllis Tickle, continuing on the topic of forgiveness.

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Reflection Segment

 
Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, reflects on the consequences of hate and the better path of love.

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