We talk with volunteers registering residents in Montgomery County, Maryland waiting for a food distribution event to begin at the Hughes United Methodist Church.

We look at the sacred sounds people of faith are making during the COVID-19 pandemic and what those sounds—music, prayer, chants, songs—tell us about our future.

We talk to Solomon Hoffman, a rabbinical student and composer, and Keely Garfield, a Buddhist and choriographer— about their collaboration on Harofei, or “the one who heals.”

Professors Amy DeRogatis and Isaac Weiner were collecting recordings of traditional religious practices when COVID struck. They had to quickly pivot their work, called the American Religious Sounds Project.

The pandemic has prompted composers to create new sacred music of all kinds — hymns, liturgical music, prayers, praise music, and more.

Kate Braestrup is an unusual chaplain. She ministers to game wardens- people who come to the aid of hunters, fishers, and hikers who've had mishaps in the wilderness.

We speak to a palliative care physician and a Buddhist chaplain about contemplative care-- a mindful approach to the patient-caregiver relationship.

Koshin Paley Ellison is one of a small but growing number of chaplains in the United States who are Buddhists. In fact, Koshin is a Zen Buddhist monk. He works in hospice.

This week's rebroadcast is part of our 'Chaplains' series. We follow a Zen Buddhist monk and see how mindfulness nourishes patients and doctors.

As a member of the Kingdom Fellowship AME Church, Dr. Dawn Holt found support from her congregational leaders including senior pastor Reverend Matthew L. Watley.