Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly features "February 26, 2010: Spiritual Directors" showcasing spiritual direction, prayer, and members of Spiritual Directors International. Airs Friday, February 26 through Monday, March 1, 2010, showing on almost all PBS stations. You will also be able to see it streaming on the RENW Web site after approximately 7:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February 26, 2010. 

• "February 26, 2010: Spiritual Directors" episode with video, text, and photographs.
  
  
• The show is available in a videocast and podcast through iTunes. To download the episode go to the Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly homepage. In the right column, locate and click the button for either "Watch Now" or "ListenNow" to link to the appropriate site.
  
  To learn when the show will play in your locale, click this PBS link: Check your local listings to see when Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly airs in your area.
  
  

A little background:
Filming in Seattle, Washington, USA
In November 2009, PBS Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly came to Seattle, Washington, to film a story about prayer and spiritual direction. PBS filmed interviews, a retreat, a spiritual direction session, and a seminary "Introduction to Spiritual Direction" class. Why? To tell the story of how people are learning to pray and how spiritual direction contributes to cultivating prayer and compassion in communities. SDI shares the story and photographs of filming in this blog post: "How Do People Pray Today? Where Do People Learn to Pray?"

Thank you to everyone who participated in the filming, production, and editing process.

We pray that the message of the PBS television segment will embrace people of all faiths. We pray this film will communicate the power that prayer and spiritual direction offer for healing, for nourishing exhausted hearts, for building capacity for compassion in community, and for connecting us with the source of compassion and peace. We pray the segment will provide encouragement and hope for the weary and downtrodden.

Please tune in, and share what you think about the show.