Sunday, February 6, 2011

Selected listening for 6 February 2011

Forgotten Classics
Genesis, chapters 16-17
In which Sarai gets pushy and regrets it, Abram is renamed,
and God makes Abram an offer he can't believe with a painful sign required.
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Tapestry
Life After Trauma
We marvel at how human beings can keep going under the most staggering load. For those who have known unimaginable loss, words of consolation and words of wisdom start to ring a little hollow. A feature interview with CBC producer David Gutnick who brings us stories from survivors of the Haitian earthquake, and Sister Lorraine Malo, a nun with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto. Also a personal essay from Lynn Keane who lost her Daniel son to depression and suicide.
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