Category: Faith Based Production
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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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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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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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Predisan: Preaching and Healing
Here is a video I produced in Olancho, Honduras for Presidan. For more than 29 years, Predisan has provided holistic care in one of Central America’s poorest regions. in the making. Predisand is a story of changed lives. It’s a story that needs to be told. Also, consider “Liking” Predisan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/predisan?fref=ts
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Sanctuary, Selma at 50: Still Marching
50 years ago, civil rights activists marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama and into history. In this addition of Sanctuary, we join with the Chicago Sunday Evening Club and Chicago Theological Seminary to present interviews and highlights from “Selma at 50: Still Marching” tracing a thread through the legacy of civil rights…
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Martin Luther’s Been Kidnapped!
Here is Rick Steves blog post from our shoot in Germany. It’s part of a new PBS Rick Steves 1-hour program on Martin Luther and the Reformation. The program will air in the fall of 2016, kicking off the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. By Rick Steves Published on Jul 9, 2015 We’ve begun a…
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Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross A 14-part adult ecumenical, education resource, illuminating the stations of the cross in Jerusalem through stories of the Palestinian people. Partner with us as we re-introduce and connect an ancient act of Christian devotion with contemporary stories of the Palestinian people in a new DVD educational resource that will support the work of the Evangelical Lutheran…