Category: Education
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ELCA Book of Faith Initiative
Here is a video I produced for The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America‘s Book of Faith Initiative. The video was shown at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in August, 2013. The ELCA has made a commitment to encourage all members, from children to adults, to dig deeper into our book of faith, the Bible. The Book…
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The Importance of an Operator in a Community’s Water Systems
This is one of a series of videos I produced with Stephen Padre and the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP). RCAP provides practical solutions for improving rural communities – helping small communities maintain safe, reliable and sustainable water systems.
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Solar Reading Lights for Kids
Godparents for Tanzania-G4TZ- is a non-profit that provides scholarships to over 120 students in the Kilimanjaro and Karatu regions of Tanzania. Most students are in secondary school (high school), college and university. G4TZ also supports projects that help educate young people, including a rural primary school and a new technical school. Recently, G4TZ distributed solar…
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Faraja School: Senorina Laurent
The Faraja School is one of only two primary schools in Tanzania that serve children with disabilities. Senorina Laurent is an Occupational Therapist and helps children adapt to their environments and gain independence
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Godparents for Tanzania
Godparents for Tanzania provides scholarships to over 120 students in the Kilimanjaro and Karatu regions of Tanzania. Most of the students are in secondary school (high school), college and university. I worked with a wonderful Tanzania/American team visiting schools, interviewing children, staff and organizers across the region. This video is an anthology of short, social-media…
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Godparents for Tanzania, Gilba Hidie Greeting
G4TZ graduate Joshua is the first in his family to attend school beyond the seventh grade. After completing secondary school, he went to teacher training college where he was ranked first in his class. Joshua has just received his first teaching assignment in Rombo, Kilimanjaro region, where he will teach math and science at a…
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Presence Health: Monarch Ball Video
Here are three stories I produced for Presence Health, the largest Catholic health system based in Illinois. The stories focus on mental health, the home-bound elderly and emergency care. At the heart of Presence Health are five congregations of Catholic women religious who came together to co-sponsor a fully integrated health system: Franciscan Sisters of…
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Walter Sve, Lake Superior Fisherman
Back in 1999 I recorded this story with Walter Sve, a 3rd generation North Shore Lake Superior commercial fisherman based near Two Harbors, Minnesota. This story was recorded as part of the Winter 2000 edition of Mosaic, the video magazine of the ELCA. Frank Imhoff helped me with production. Jim Parks edited the post production.
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Gun Violence: The Faith Response
In the wake of the Newtown, Conn tragedy, I am re-posting this link. Gun Violence: The Faith Response is a half-hour documentary I produced this fall for Sanctuary, an in-depth documentary program produced by the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries on issues and ideas at the intersection of life and faith broadcast on ABC, WLS-TV, and…
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Christianity Today Reviews People of Faith
The December 2012 issue of Christianity Today Magazine has reviewed “People of Faith: Christianity in America.” This is a documentary I produced for the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College. The six episode series was released by Vision Video and explores the history of Christianity in America. You may read the…