Category: Interesting People
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AMER ABU LAILA TELLS HIS STORY
Here is a video I produced with Mark Brown this spring at The Lutheran World Federation‘s Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. This video tells the story of 12-year-old Amer Abu Laila, a cancer survivor treated and cared for at AVH. Amer shares his hope for all patients.
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After Prison, Responding with Faith (Full Program)
In this new documentary I produced for WTTW Channel 11, the Chicago Sunday Evening Club presents the stories of three faith communities that are doing the difficult, but necessary work of healing the lives of ex-offenders, and standing with them as they reenter society. Our hope is to engage with communities of faith in deep…
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UPIC 2014 Critical Thinking Forum
This is one in a series of videos I produced for Intersections International in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 10-15, 2014. Dr. Munazza Yaqoob from the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan heads the Critical Thinking Forum, a kind of interdisciplinary think-tank for young Pakistani women. The US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium seeks to cooperatively set an action agenda…
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UPIC 2014 Ali Tariq Testimony
Here is an interview I did for Intersections International with Ali Tariq, a consultant with the Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Ali discusses his 2014 visit to the US and his perceptions of Americans prior to and after his first visit. Reflecting on his experiences and interactions…
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Sanctuary, Chicago’s Christians from the East
Western Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, often overlook and sometimes even disregard their Eastern brothers and sisters – even when those Christians suffer persecution, become refugees and then live among us. In this documentary His Grace, Bishop Demetrios the auxiliary bishop of Mokissosof the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, will introduce to us Coptic, Assyrian…
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Door of Hope Maasai Ministry
The Door of Hope Ministry is and example of a micro non-profit that is making a difference in the lives of young Maasai women through education. The Maasai are an African ethnic group that live in East Africa typically in and around large game parks. Door of Hope is the story of Tanzanian Lutheran Pastor…
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Sanctuary, The Cross is Still Burning
Follow the journey of a charred KKK cross burned 50 years ago when civil rights activists tried to desegregate churches in Jackson, Mississippi. Today, it stands as a sculpture in First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple, inspiring people of faith who continue to march in solidarity for racial justice. Featuring: • Rev. Phil Blackwell, First…
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An Early Mentor
Been thinking about an early mentor, Hank Tegee. Hank was a pressman at the West Chicago Press back in the late 1970’s, early 80’s. He used to run his Web Press and read from the dictionary. “Bronk, what does the word “obfuscate” mean?” I was a kid, sweeping floors and had no clue. Hank and…
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Leaders for the Next: Otis Moss III
Chicago Theological Seminary graduates do amazing, meaningful work. Whether as church ministers, teachers, community organizers or advocates of justice, our students become Leaders for the Next. Here is a story I produced for CTS with Mike Jordan and 31 Lengths.
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Sanctuary: Worker Justice
Meet three three dynamic women advocating for justice in the workplace and in immigrant communities. Kim Bobo is the Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice, CJ Hawking is the Executive Director of Arise Chicago and Elena Segura works with the Office for Immigrant Affairs in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Sanctuary, is an in-depth documentary program that…