November 2009
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The Serenity Prayer. One Step Closer?
Trent Gilliss, online editor
Several years ago when we first produced our biographical program on Reinhold Niebuhr, we did a considerable amount of research trying to verify the source of the Serenity Prayer and arrived at this understanding. Even Reinie himself questioned his inspiration.
For many others, the provenance of the oft-quoted verse remained uncertain, including Fred Shapiro, the...
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Kitchen Table Thoughts on a Windy City Event »...
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WatchWisdom Comes at 65 Trent Gilliss, online editor
Last winter I paid a hefty fine to the Minneapolis Public Library. I couldn’t let go of several photography books, including a pair by Andrew Zuckerman: portraits of beautiful animals — two- and four-legged forms — supple and lithe in their stillness, majestic in simplicity, unpretentious and vulnerable.
I intended to share some of these...
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Dharma Talking with Cheri Maples » download (mp3,...
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Learn More About Adele Diamond's Work →
Colleen Scheck, producer
It’s always interesting to see what kind of response our audience has to our programs. We’ve received very strong response to this week’s show with Adele Diamond. I think it’s the practical and universal nature of her area of work that is the spark this time. For those of you wanting to know more, Adele organizes an annual conference centered on...
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"Jesus vs. Allah" →
Kate Moos, managing producer
Here’s an interesting article by Dahlia Lithwick in Newsweek on David Hamilton. Hamilton, Obama’s first judicial nominee, came under fire for writing that “Allah” may be the best way to refer to God in “non-sectarian” prayers:
“In a post-judgment order, Hamilton also wrote that the ‘Arabic word ‘Allah” is used for ‘God’ in...
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"For His Holiness the Dalai Lama"
Colleen Scheck, Producer
During Krista’s interview with this week’s guest, Adele Diamond, she told a story about meeting the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India at a Mind and Life Institute dialogue. There, she offered him a gift — a collection of writings from rabbis including Abraham Joshua Heschel, authors Isaac Bashevis Singer and Rachel Naomi Remen, and this passage from Roman...
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Calvin and Hobbes: Math Is a Religion
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Some good clean humor to start the day, direct from one of my favorite comic strips via a tweetmeme.
For those who can’t easily read the word bubbles, a transcript:
First frame Calvin: You know, I don’t think math is a science. I think it’s a religion. Hobbes: A religion?
Second frame Calvin: Yeah. All these equations are like miracles. You...
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WatchSoundSeen: Dramatic Play + the Developing Brain
by Nancy Rosenbaum, associate producer
For this week’s show “Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education,” Krista interviewed neuroscientist Adele Diamond, who studies how social dramatic play can build “executive function” (EF) skills in children’s brains. As Diamond explains it, EF is a container term...
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Live Audio: Evolving Faith - Meaning, Ethics, and...
Trent Gilliss, online editor
Listen here, live at 7 pm Central! (caveat: you probably won’t hear anything until 10 minutes prior to start time)!
Well, Krista’s in Chicago tonight — and she’ll be on the receiving end of the conversation this time.
Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith Youth Core, will lead the discussion and will ask Krista about the surprises and discoveries...
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Acting on a Dream
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
There is much to cherish in the latest contribution to the The New York Times’ Modern Love column. And, even as I’m writing this, I’m struggling to commit to a single idea or quote from Kim Barnes’ “That Delicate Membrane, the Heart.”
My first inclination was to publish this “quote post”:
“At the end of our...
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WatchLife in Doris Taylor’s Lab Andy Dayton, associate web producer
After watching Krista’s interview with Doris Taylor, it was hard not to want to see her lab in person. Krista referenced Laurie Zoloth’s phrase “fiction science” during her conversation with Taylor and many of the the mental images that resulted — decellularized “ghost hearts,” cells beating in a dish, rows of pumping...
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Krista on the Airwaves, via Online Streaming
Colleen Scheck, Producer
Our hard-working host is traveling this week for speeches she has given in both Salt Lake City, Utah and Fort Collins, Colorado. As part of these trips, she’s done interviews with a few local public radio programs. What I enjoy about listening to these interviews is hearing Krista talk about the history of Speaking of Faith, the approach and scope of the program,...
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The Charter for Compassion →
Last week I wrote about Karen Armstrong’s “Charter for Compassion,” and I ended my post with the question: “Will anyone notice?” It appears my question has been answered. When I went to check the Web site earlier today, it was down, presumably because of a spike in traffic. If the link above isn’t working, you can have a look at the charter on TED’s site.
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"Life On Gold Plates: Krista Tippett on Religious... →
Trent Gilliss, online editor
A student at the University of Utah gives this lovely recap and personal insights into Krista’s conversation with faculty and classmates yesterday — before she delivered the McMurrin Lecture on Religion and Culture at the Salt Lake City public library that evening.
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Determining "Jewishness" in the UK
Andy Dayton, associate web producer
Here’s a fascinating case of modern law meets 5000-year-old religious tradition. At the end of October, the British Supreme Court decided that — in the case of accepting applicants to a Jewish high school — observance, not ethnicity, should be used in determining admissions. From Sarah Lyall’s New York Times write-up on the ruling:
“In an...
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WatchThe Daily Show, Heckling, and Hope Andy Dayton, associate web producer
There was a bit of stir a few weeks ago when Jon Stewart welcomed Ann Baltzar and Dr. Mustafa Barghouti onto The Daily Show. Baltzar is author of Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories, and Barghouti is “a leading figure in the Palestinian democratic and nonviolent movement for...
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"Fort Hood Has Enough Victims Already" →
Trent Gilliss, online editor
Wajahat Ali, one of the voices in our “Revealing Ramadan” and “Living Islam” shows, has written an op-ed for the Guardian’s “Comment is free” section regarding the Fort Hood shootings. A stream of responses — presently at 217 — to his essay are piling up.
As the news media cover and pundits weigh in on the tragedy, we offer...
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Echoes of the Golden Rule Nancy Rosenbaum,...
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"Thinking Negatively Can Boost Your Memory, Study... →
Trent Gilliss, online editor
Am I more aware of my neighbor when I’m in a bad mood? The power of negative thought amidst all these wonderful discussions about happiness and living in the present somehow makes me feel a little bit better, a tad more human.
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"Brain Game" →
Trent Gilliss, online editor
Malcolm Gladwell’s article has been garnering a lot of attention in the media lately for his comparisons of football players and dogs fighting in the ring. It’s a fine piece, but Jeanne Marie Laskas’ investigative work that appeared earlier in GQ is better. A bold statement for me considering how much I enjoy reading Gladwell’s work.
Laskas...
