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Journey into Action: Helping Hands in the Economic Crisis
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Horizons of the Spirit
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Presented by the National Council of Churches USA; Produced by Trinity Wall Street
During these troubled economic times, one surprising and often overlooked aspect of recovery is how Episcopal churches are helping people get back on their feet. Travel with Trinity Wall Street’s senior religion correspondent Jim Melchiorre to see the vital presence of local churches in communities hit hard by the downturn, and how a powerful spirit of hope keeps people moving ahead. From the inner city to organic farms, to the Great Plains, to our neighbors across the sea, the church next door is doing what sometimes feels next to impossible – changing lives for the better.
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A Killer in the Dark: An Extraordinary Effort to Combat Malaria
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Horizons of the Spirit
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Presented by the National Council of Churches USA; Produced by United Methodist Communications
As one mother tucks her children into bed in Middle America, a mother in Africa does the same. In the morning, their children will wake with two very different missions directed toward the same critical goal: ending malaria. This special program chronicles community-based efforts on both sides of the ocean as everyday people strive to purge a disease that will take the life of a child every 45 seconds. Join in this inspiring journey of collaboration and ingenuity as ordinary people work together to stop this Killer in the Dark.
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Shadow Voices: Finding Hope in Mental Illness
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Horizons of the Spirit
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Presented by the National Council of Churches USA; Produced by Third Way Media
This program offers an inside look at what it is like to live with a mental illness and how individuals and their families find their way through medical, governmental, societal and spiritual issues. Ten persons from across the U.S. and many sectors of the population with mental illness tell their stories, plus experts and advocates in the field add perspectives and insights. Interviewees include former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher, along with Dr. William Anthony of Boston University, Dr. Joyce Burland, director of educational programs for NAMI, and Thomas Bornemann, director of the mental health center at the Carter Center.
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Lives for Sale: Immigration & Human Trafficking
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Horizons of the Spirit
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Produced by Maryknoll Media Productions
While politicians and the media wrestle with the thorny issue of immigration, a one-hour investigative documentary entitled Lives for Sale exposes the painful, rarely seen human side of illegal immigration - human trafficking, the growing black market trade in human beings in the US.
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