{"id":7324,"date":"2017-01-30T11:15:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T16:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7324"},"modified":"2017-01-30T11:15:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T16:15:53","slug":"body-soul-faith-leaders-join-dr-oz-every-friday-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2017\/01\/body-soul-faith-leaders-join-dr-oz-every-friday-february.html","title":{"rendered":"Body and soul: Faith leaders join Dr. Oz every Friday in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The movie of your life | DeVon Franklin | TEDxIronwoodStatePrison\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RI0KatPfsRw?list=PLsRNoUx8w3rO2KReY8AxvDCiKyv6R-seR\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485779246142_26368\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485779246142_26357\"><strong>The delicate balance.<\/strong> Cardiothoracic surgeon\/popular TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz looks at the relationship between the spirit, the mind and body as <em>The Dr. Oz Show <\/em>launches <em>Faithful Fridays. <\/em>The weekly segment runs through February with a panel that includes Hollywood producer DeVon Franklin (seen above), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HillsongNYC\/\">Hillsong NYC<\/a> Pastor Carl Lentz, Priscilla Shirer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goingbeyond.com\/ministry\/about-going-beyond-ministries\/\">Going Beyond Ministries<\/a>), and <a href=\"https:\/\/nhclc.org\/about-us\/rev-samuel-rodriguez\">National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference<\/a> President\u00a0 Rev. Sammy Rodriguez.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485779246142_26367\">Talking about what motivated him to launch the series, Dr. Oz says \u201cFaith and spirituality don\u2019t just live in a Sunday-sized compartment, or even weeklong just within the walls of a church building&#8230;It&#8217;s a thread through every aspect of life that makes life better\u2014whether someone attends church or not.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485779246142_26372\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485779246142_26371\">Before getting his own hit talk show, Dr. Mehmet Oz first gained fame as Oprah Winfrey&#8217;s go-to doc on her show. He still performs about a hundred cardiac surgeries each year and is a professor of surgery at Columbia University. He also directs the Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485779246142_26376\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485779246142_26375\">BTW, Beliefnet named DeVon Franklin, who recently produced the hit film <em>Miracles from Heaven,<\/em>\u00a0 one of the &#8220;Most Influential Christians Under 40.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media. The delicate balance. Cardiothoracic surgeon\/popular TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz looks at the relationship between the spirit, the mind and body as The Dr. Oz Show launches Faithful Fridays. 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