"30 Good Minutes" is a weekly television program produced by the Chicago Sunday Evening Club and broadcast on WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago (PBS). The mission of the Chicago Sunday Evening Club is to foster COMPASSION, RECONCILIATION and PEACE by communicating faith stories and ideas from many faith traditions. For more information, visit www.30goodminutes.org.
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Chicago Sunday Evening Club Podcasts
The New Face of Faith – Jim Wallis, Ep. 5414 Janet Cooper Nelson, Chaplain of Brown University, tells how, from the building of America’s first synagogue in 1763 to the proposal for a Muslim community center near the 9/11 Ground Zero, America has been challenged to live out its promise of religious liberty. This week’s Spiritual Journey features a …
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The New Face of Faith – Jim Wallis, Ep. 5414 Jim Wallis, President of Sojourners in Washington, DC, talks about a new generation of Christians, Jews and Muslims who see the revival of their traditions as the best response to the threat of fundamentalist extremism. Their dialogue may prove to be one of the most exciting and productive interfaith con…
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Better Together – Eboo Patel, Ep. 5413 Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, shares stories of young people working across the lines of faith to create university campuses and communities where everyone has a place and everyone works together for the common good. This week’s Spiritual Journey features Nick Price, who works wit…
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This Foreigner – Anna Carter Florence, Ep. 5411 Anna Carter Florence, the Peter Marshall Associate Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, takes a new look at the story of Jesus healing the ten lepers, seeing it as an invitation to acknowledge each person’s authentic faith in God, even if that faith is different…
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Thinking Again About Food – Nigel Savage, Ep. 5410 Nigel Savage, Executive Director of Hazon, an organization that works to create healthy and sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond, speaks about the connection between food and faith and what the New Jewish Food Movement has to teach people of all faiths about how to eat ethically a…
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A Religious Response to Global Warming – Ep. 5409 Sally Bingham, President of The Regeneration Project in San Francisco, California, speaks about global warming as a preeminent moral issue, and the important role the multi-faith religious community can play in educating, inspiring and motivating the world toward positive change. This week’s Spiritu…
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An Offer Too Good to Refuse – Benjamin Reaves, Ep. 5408 Seventh-day Adventist minister, Benjamin Reaves, Vice President for Mission and Ministries at Adventist Health Systems, talks about three promises the God of Israel made to Joshua — victory over enemies, an intimate relationship with God and God’s everlasting presence. This week’s Spiritual Jo…
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The Spirituality of Compassion – John Killinger, Ep. 5407 Author, teacher and pastor, John Killinger, reflects on compassion. In all our religions, he says, true spirituality is something that sensitizes us to the plight of others and helps us to reach out to them in simple love and generosity. This week’s Spiritual Journey features a profile of Dr…
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Failing to See – Edward Beck, Ep. 5406 Fr. Edward Beck, author of God Underneath and Unlikely Ways Home, talks about the ways in which we fail to see what is, and the ways in which we see what is not. In this week’s Spiritual Journey, singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer, drawn to the social justice and peace focus of the Quakers, writes songs about t…
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Dangerous Dreams – Joan Brown Campbell, Ep. 5405 Joan Brown Campbell, Director of the Department of Religion at The Chautauqua Institution, speaks about the power of compassion, at the heart of all the world’s religions, to transform religious barriers into the bonds of a common, hopeful humanity. This week’s Spiritual Journey features a profile of…
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