Category: Education
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Sanctuary, Multi Cultural Youth Leadership Academy
Sunday, October 2, 2016, ABC7 Chicago. For more than 20 years, a Chicago-based group of African American men and women have run an Africentric outdoor ministry program for inner city youth know as SIMBA (Safe in My Brother’s Arms). As a result, hundreds of at-risk children experience the beauty of the outdoors each summer, while…
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Aisea Taimani Tongan Hymn: MYLA Camp, New Era, Michigan
Here is a Tongan Hymn performed by artist Aisea Taimani. The song is about forgiveness. I recorded this hymn at Living Waters Ministries near New Era, Michigan. It’s part of a documentary for Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries which will air in September on ABC7 Chicago. For more than 20 years, a Chicago-based group of African…
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LWF Jerusalem Isak Abu Sbieh
Isak Abu Sbieh is a Palestinian dialysis patient at the Lutheran World Federation‘s Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in East Jerusalem. Abu Sbieh lives in Kafr Aqb, an Arab village just beyond the Kalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem. Three times a week Abu Sbieh must pass back and forth through the Kalandia checkpoint on his way…
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CITGO Lemont Refinery, 90 Year Anniversary Video
This is a video I produced with Pete Colarelli and Jennifer Stocks at CITGO, Lemont Refinery commemorating the refineries 90th anniversary in the Lemont, Romeoville, Lockport, Joliet heritage corridor. In addition to being a major employer, CITGO supports many area non-profits including the United Way of Will County, Morning Star Mission, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Special…
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Pakistan Again: Finding Common Ground
I’m in Pakistan working with Intersections International. Why Pakistan? Here is a 2014 piece I did with Rabbi Reuven Firestone, Professor of Judaism and Islam at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles and Senior Fellow at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at USC which sums up our project. Rabbi Firestone is traveling with…
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Timoleague Friary
This new year our family visited County Cork, Ireland. While taking an oath not to “work” wile on vacation, I did record a few shots of the Timoleague Friary. The Timoleague Friary in County Cork, Ireland was founded by the Franciscans in 1240 A.D. on site of an ancient monastery of St. Malaga. St. Malaga…
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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois 2015
Here is a fun series of videos I produced for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. LSSI is the largest social service provider in the state, and last year served 73,000 people through 190 programs at 85 sites across Illinois. More than 80 percent of LSSI clients report an annual household income under $15,000, compared to…
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This is Our Home: Tackling Rural Solid Waste Issues
Proud of the work I get to do with the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Inc. (RCAP). Check out this new video on solid waste management we recorded in Puerto Rico! Manzanilla lies on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, where the Jacaguas River meets the Caribbean Sea. Like many rural communities, they face challenges with…
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Preaching and Healing
Immigration reform and health care are hot topics in the run-up to the 2016 US Presidential election. Much of the debate centers around migrants from Central American nations like Honduras, where poverty, violence, and lack of economic resources drive many families to make the long and dangerous journey north to the United States, in search…
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Commanding a 30 Years War Army
Here is a video from Rick Steves blog post from our shoot in Rothenburg, Germany. It’s park of a new, 1-hour Rick Steves PBS special on Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. After Martin Luther died in 1546, Europe was plunged into 30 years of war, leaving a third of the continent dead. Like it…