Category: Interesting People
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Rodney Clapp, Spiritual Journey
Rodney Clapp is an accomplished Christian writer and editor whose spiritual journey led him away from the worship style of his youth to the ancient liturgical practices of the Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn. Rodney Clapp is a former editor for Christianity Today and has just written a new book about Johnny Cash. Chicago Sunday…
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Parker Palmer Spiritual Journey, 30 Good Minutes
This is a spiritual journey segment I recorded and produced for 30 Good Minutes. Renowned educator and Quaker writer, Parker Palmer, says one of the biggest things he has learned in life is that the direction of the spiritual journey is not upward but downward, to what Paul Tillich called the ground of being.
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“I begged him not to die.”
This is a story about grief I recorded in June 2010 for Hope for Life, a ministry of Herald of Truth in Abilene, Texas.
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Music Education: A Sign of Hope in Haiti
January 12, 2010, Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Port Au Prince Haiti was destroyed by an earthquake. One year later, a youth orchestra rehearses in a shelter next to the ruined sanctuary. It is a sign of hope in Haiti.
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Moody Radio Testimonial: Carolyn Keith
Here is a story I recorded and produced for Moody Radio. Carolyn Keith’s life forever changed with the accidental death of her son. Through this tragedy Carolyn has learned what faith and hope are really all about. Moody Radio owns and operates 35 radio stations with a Christian perspective on the news, interactive talk, teaching…
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Story of the ELCA
With the recent, drastic budget shortfalls and staff reductions at my former employer, the ELCA Churchwide office in Chicago, I found myself reviewing a program we did in 2003 titled: The Story of the ELCA. It is difficult to reconcile the enthusiasim illustrated in this documentary with the recent struggles endured by the Evangelical Lutheran…
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Amir Koushkani 2010 Spiritual Journey
This is a 2010 Spiritual Journey I produced on ethnomusicologist, composer, performer and instructor of traditional Persian stringed instruments Tar and Setar, Amir Koushkani for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club‘s WTTW Channel 11 PBS Chicago program, 30 Good Minutes. Dr. Koushkani’s training in Persian music began in Iran, where he was introduced to traditional Persian…
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Chris Fabry, Moody Radio
Writer and broadcaster Chris Fabry is host of Moody Radio’s “Chris Fabry Live!” I produced this short video as part of a series for Moody Radio in 2009-2010. I recorded Chris during a live broadcast the day after I returned from Haiti following the January 12, 2010 earthquake. With dust from the rubble still in…
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Together in Mission: Haiti
There is a new Lutheran Church in Haiti. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Haiti is a growing body of believers with 12 congregations scattered across Haiti. The Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA asked me to put this video together for the 2010 Synod Assembly.
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Kevin Coval 2010 Spiritual Journey
This is a 2010 Spiritual Journey I produced on Chicago Hip-hop poet Kevin Coval for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club‘s WTTW Channel 11 PBS Chicago program, 30 Good Minutes. Hip-hop music helped Kevin find his poetic voice and led him to a deeper understanding of his Jewish faith.