Category: Faith Based Production
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The Reformation after the Reformation
Rediscovering the roots of Pietism in Scandinavia, God’s Glory, Neighbors Good Everyone keeps asking me, “What is Pietism?” The answer became clear after traveling in Sweden, Norway and Denmark with Dr. Mark Safstrom, lecturer in Swedish and Scandinavian studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We are working on a new documentary titled:…
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LSSI Why Become a Foster Parent?
Through this foster care video, Ron, a Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) foster parent, shares his foster parent story. For Ron, foster parenting is a way to give back to the community. Though foster parenting has its challenges, Ron’s two eldest foster children have overcome these challenges, graduated high school, and are now in…
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Sanctuary, ACT3 Network a Dream for Christian Unity
Tune in Sunday, March 22 at 11:30 a.m. on ABC7 Chicago for Sanctuary. This half hour broadcast tells the story of a former Baptist pastor, John H. Armstrong and his journey toward a new grass roots call for Christian unity with the ACT3 Network. Armstrong’s story will challenge what you think about your faith, and…
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Seminex: Memories of a Church Divided, A Documentary by Tim Frakes
Hey all you Lutherans out there. I’ve finally finished Seminex: Memories of a Church Divided, A Documentary by Tim Frakes. It’s a project I’ve been working on for more than a decade. I had no budget for this production. Nothing. It’s all a labor of love, because this is story that needs to be told.…
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Mausoleum of Meher Ali Shah Golra Sharif, Pakistan
Today the world learned that Taliban gunman stormed a military-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan and massacred 141 people, nearly all children. My heart goes out to the vast majority of peace loving Pakistani’s and especially the families of children and staff who lost their lives. This spring I visited a Sufi Shrine, the Mausoleum of…
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ACT3 Network Video
Does Christian unity matter to you? Happy to be working with John H. Armstrong and the ACT3 Network. Here is a new video I produced for and with John, describing his vision of Missional Ecumenism and Christian Unity. What John has to say, might surprise you!
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Farewell to the ISAE
The Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College has been a wonderful client. Here is a farewell video I produced for them on the occasion of the closing of the institute. Many thanks to Larry Eskridge and Edith Blumhoffer for their support on projects like People of Faith: Christianity in America, Saving…
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West Chicago family featured in documentary about immigration reform
Evan Shields, a reporter for the West Chicago Suburban Life filed this story on “Divided Families, Responding with Faith” a 1-hour documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. Coincidentally, I began my career back in the late 1970’s at the West Chicago Press! The program aired on WTTW, Channel 11, PBS,…
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Divided Families, Responding With Faith
Full Program, 56 minutes This hour-long documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club explores the impact of current US immigration policies on Amy and Carlos, a young family from West Chicago. The program first aired on WTTW, Channel 11, PBS, Chicago on October 16, 2014. Because Carlos was brought to the…
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Country says ‘you can’t be a family’
Here is a story by reporter Marlen Garcia in the Chicago Sun Times about a new documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. The 1 hour program aired last night on WTTW Channel 11, PBS Chicago at 9:00 p.m. By MARLEN GARCIA October 16, 2014 5:58PM Shortly after Amy Godoy-Guerra married…