Program: #4811
Topic: Peace
First Broadcast of Sunday, December 19, 2004
WTTW Channel 11 Chicago (PBS)
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Spiritual Journey Segment

 
Marjorie Meyers Graham tells the story of the chapel her grandparents built in the Wisconsin woods as a place to reflect on peace.

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Sermon Segment

 
The Rev. Dr. Wesley Avram, Assistant Professor of Communication at Yale Divinity School and the Institute for Sacred Music at Yale, preaches a sermon called, “Peace at Last? Peace at First!” He says Jesus breathed the peace of the Holy Spirit into his disciples before they went out to do God’s work and God asks us only for action that comes from peace.

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Music Segment


The Kithara Trio (harp, cello, flute) performs an arrangement of the Sicilian folk melody we know as “Beautiful Savior.” Recorded at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago.

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Interview Segment

 
Host Floyd Brown in conversation with Wes Avram on the topic of peace. Dr. Avram says “We like to think that peace begins with calm or is a kind of calm. But I think that calm comes as a product of peace and that peace begins in the ability to learn how to forgive.”

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Reflection Segment

 
Writer Delle Chatman reflects on the inextricable link between peace and justice.

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