Category: Education
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Hope for Haiti: Blankets+ in Action
In January 2011, Church World Service asked me to go back to Haiti to record stories about their blanket and food coop programs. It was a wonderful trip full of positive stories and hopeful signs. Here is the video the folks in Elkhart, Indiana put together with the footage we recorded.
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Picture This!
Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes has asked me to present a workshop at their 26th Annual Conference in Chicago, February 23-26. The workshop is designed to help local congregations navigate the waters of in-house video production for use in social media. Download this presentation here. The Consortium is a network of over 120 endowed parishes…
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Music Education: A Sign of Hope in Haiti
January 12, 2010, Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Port Au Prince Haiti was destroyed by an earthquake. One year later, a youth orchestra rehearses in a shelter next to the ruined sanctuary. It is a sign of hope in Haiti.
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Haiti: One Year After
The first days of 2011 find me returning to Haiti, exactly one year after the January 2010 earthquake that killed a reported 230,000 people and left tens of thousands more hurt and homeless. This trip, I will be working with a communications team from Church World Service. Church World Service works with partners in the…
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Plymouth Rock
In1620 a ship dubbed the Mayflower arrived along the shores of what is now known as Plymouth, Massachusetts. They came seeking religious freedom and a new life in what was to them, a new world.
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Plymouth Rock
These are a few shots I took while shooting b-roll for People of Faith: Christianity in America.
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Building Men for Christ: Lutheran Men in Mission
This is a video I produced for Lutheran Men in Mission. Lutheran Men in Mission builds men’s faith, relationships and ministry through men’s events, the resources they produce and ongoing leadership development. We recorded stories for this video in Chicago and Denver, Colorado.
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Story of the ELCA
With the recent, drastic budget shortfalls and staff reductions at my former employer, the ELCA Churchwide office in Chicago, I found myself reviewing a program we did in 2003 titled: The Story of the ELCA. It is difficult to reconcile the enthusiasim illustrated in this documentary with the recent struggles endured by the Evangelical Lutheran…
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Blessing of the Animals
Every year Bethany Lutheran Church in Cherry Hills, Colorado offers a “Blessing of the Animals” event held in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
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Brookfield Zoo, Holiday Magic
Each December, the Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois hosts Holiday Magic, a festival of lights, ice and animals.