Category: News
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New Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3
After a six month wait, my Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 is on the way! The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 is a micro four thirds mirrorless camera that represents a significant upgrade to my existing camera package. The camera was released in small quantities by Panasonic back in September 2012. Actually getting my hands on one has been…
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Sanctuary: Refugee Christmas
Sanctuary: Refugee Chirstmas is a documentary produced by the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministry and Tim Frakes Productions. Follow three Chicago area refugee families as they share their stories and reflect on Christmas in America. With feature commentary on the scriptural theme of displacement by Rev. Phil Blackwell, First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple, Rev. Lillian…
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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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Tanzania Next Summer!
In July, 2013 I will be working with Dwayne Westermann, a retired Lutheran pastor on a new video about 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. We will also…
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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…
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2008 Obama Grant Park Rally From the Cheap Seats
Four years ago… With no ticket to the Obama Grant Park election rally, I made my way south along Michigan Avenue. At Congress Parkway, police barriers funneled non-ticket holders into the north end of Grant Park near the old Petrillo Music Shell. www.frakesproductions.com
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Simply Stories, a storytelling series with Walter Wangerin, Jr.
This November I’ll be recording “Simply, Stories, a storytelling series with Walter Wangerin, Jr.”, winner of the National Book Award. Come and listen as Walt provides 3 unique evenings of story for the young adult and older. No ticket or admission fee required and all are welcome. For more information, please contact Paul Danger at…
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James Nieman installed as LSTC’s Seventh President
On the evening of October 28, 2012 the community of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago installed the Reverend James Nieman, PhD as its seventh President. The Installation service was held at 4 p.m. in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago. Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson served as the…
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Tim Frakes Production airs on ABC 7, Chicago
ABC, WLS-TV, Channel 7 Chicago broadcast a program I produced during the May NATO Summit on Sunday, June 18, 2012. Sanctuary, a production of the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries is an in-depth documentary program on issues and ideas at the intersection of life and faith that airs every Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. This edition,…