Hope
Gather your family for great stories from great storytellers about holding onto hope in hard times, finding light in the darkest moments, and the small acts of courage that keep us moving forward.
Gather your family for great stories from great storytellers about holding onto hope in hard times, finding light in the darkest moments, and the small acts of courage that keep us moving forward.
Sheila Arnold tells the story of an ill-tempered man whose mother knows that the price to change is something only he can pay.
When she was growing up, Dr. Kate Kennedy dreamed of becoming a professional cellist. After a devastating injury at music school, this dream was cut short. However, in recent years, Kennedy has reclaimed her identity as a cellist. She set out across Europe to investigate how cellists connect to their instruments. On her journey, she learned about the story of Pál Hermann—a composer and cello virtuoso who was killed in the Holocaust. After learning about his story, Kate was determined to find his long-lost cello to restore this precious instrument—the soul of Pál Hermann—to his daughter, Corrie, now in her mid-90s.
Jeff Renner discusses covering the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and its profound impact on his faith and life.
In a small Alabama town, Black women turn scraps into masterpieces. Isolated by geography and history, generations of quilters of Gee’s Bend developed a bold, abstract style unlike anything else in American art. Their quilts now hang in major museums. Hear the stories of two Gee’s Bend quilters in their own words. And meet a modern Black craftsman whose wildly imaginative chairs are like a living history of Black craft.
The city-wide lockdown threatens Chess’s chances of having an urgently-needed heart surgery. Tensions rise in Olympus Dale when Deputy Mayor Rees has few answers about missing persons.
Gather your family for great stories from great storytellers about the journeys from childhood to adulthood and the lessons we learn as we mature.
Jasmin Cardenas tells the story of the part even the smallest of creatures can play in preserving our beautiful planet.
Everyday people overcome seemingly insurmountable hurdles to produce fine art. Due to decades of historical isolation, the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama developed a radical, abstract approach to quilting. We meet two quilters from the small town who have quilts on display in some of the finest museums in the country. We also meet a contemporary furniture maker whose work is a living history of Black craft.