Program# 4802
Topic: Kindness
First air date October 10, 2004
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)
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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Greg Hubert and his wife helped a deaf girl from Honduras learn sign language, prompted by their sense that God calls us to be kind to others.
 

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Sermon Segment

 
Anna Carter Florence, Assistant Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, recounts the story of Philip’s encounter with a foreigner and stranger who he helps to understand the mysteries of God’s love.

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Music Segment

 
The Kithara Trio performs the Aria movement of William de Fesch’s
(1687-1760) Sonata in G major from St. James Cathedral in Chicago.

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Reflection Segment

 
Writer Tom McGrath reflects on kindness. He says, “I know that each act [of kindness], however small, helps heal a wounded world.”

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