"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 tr…
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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. … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →