Bob Edwards Weekend, January 7-8, 2012
HOUR ONE:
Los Angeles Times columnist Doyle McManus joins Bob to discuss the latest political news.
Eric Weiner was solidly agnostic until a health scare landed him in the hospital and a well-meaning nurse asked him an unexpected question: “Have you found your God yet?” The nurse’s question set him on a journey to try to come up with an answer. He recounts his experience in a new book, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine.
In this week’s installment of our series This I Believe, we hear the essay of Brian Schoeni. He and his wife knew they would have kids some day. They also knew those children would be adopted. For Schoeni and his wife, adoption was a first choice, not a last resort. Schoeni says adoption affirms the best in humanity, proving that people can love each other unconditionally, no matter their genetic makeup.
HOUR TWO:
Internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang is one of the world’s leading interpreters of Franz Liszt. To honor Liszt’s 200th birthday, Lang Lang recorded a collection of his favorite compositions for his album Liszt: My Piano Hero.
The scandals and drama continue in the second season of the award-winning PBS Masterpiece Classic series Downton Abbey. Actors Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville play the Countess and Earl of Grantham and they’ll discuss the series and the plot as their privileged world is turned upside down as World War I rages across the Channel.
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In regard to Eric Wiener's interview with Bob Edwards, I would like to make a correction. Unitarian Universalism is not a religion that "believes in everything." UUism has 7 principals that members agree on yet they, as a group, do not "believe" in a specific religion. Individuals are encouraged to seek and follow their own beliefs, even if it is in an established religion.
When asked if Eric had found "his God" he said "…no" and that "…the looking is the answer." To that I say "exactly!" And THAT is what Unitarian Universalism is all about! I hope that Mr. Wiener will revisit UUism. He may find what he is looking for, unless it's just a good story.
Sincerely,
Sonja Knaisch
I am seriously distressed by the unfortunately hostile comments from author Eric Weiner about Unitarian Universalism, which he dismissed with completely erroneous remarks that makes it seem shallow. Nothing could be farther from the truth! How can his dreadful comment be addressed and corrected?