Things Not Seen Podcast

For Earth Day, we welcome back Boston Law Professor Jay Wexler to talk about his recent book, When God Isn't Green, which finds him exploring the points around the globe where religion and environmentalism come into conflict.

Direct download: TNS-1608_Wexler_128K_CBR_48m59s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:34am CDT

Around the world, Catholic and Protestant Christians are making preparations for Holy Week, a series of worship services leading up Easter, the day that Christians proclaim Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. During the day known as Good Friday,there is a tradition in many Christian communities to reflect on a series of phrases known as the "Seven Last Words" of Jesus as he hung on the cross.

We speak with Fr. James Martin about his book, Seven Last Words, a collection of his meditations on the final hours of Jesus, and what it means for believers and nonbelievers alike. 

Direct download: TNS-1604a_Martin_128K_CBR_48m_59s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:49pm CDT

Marge Nykaza is the founder and director of Harmony, Hope and Healing - a ministry to homeless and under-resourced families across the Chicago area. The most visible part of the ministry is choral groups composed of the homeless - but as Nykaza points out, their work is much more about the soul repair, which happens through the music.

Direct download: TNS-1601a_Nykaza_128K_CBR_48m59s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 9:32pm CDT

On Palm Sunday in 1990, attorney Jeanne Bishop received a phone call with the news that three members of her family - including her sister - had been brutally murdered. We take the full hour of our show this week to hear Bishop's account of her twenty-five-year journey towards forgiveness and reconciliation with her sister's killer.

Direct download: TNS_1419a_Jeanne-Bishop_128K_CBR_49m01s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 10:24pm CDT

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