Category: News
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Manya Brachear, Chicago Tribune, Address to RCC/GCC
This is an address by Manya Brachear, Religion Writer for the Chicago Tribune. Ms. Brachear was invited to speak to the Religion Communicators Council, Greater Chicago Chapter. The address took place at the historic First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple 77 W. Washington St., Chicago, Illinois.
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Joseph Garang Atem Address
This is an address by The Right Reverend Joseph Garang Atem, Bishop of the Diocese of Renk, Episcopal Church of Sudan, recorded Sunday, November 16, 2008 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
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New Faith Narratives
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago has asked me to participate in their 2009 Leadership Conference as a member of a panel discussion on faith in the movies. Promotional materials for the event provide the following details… Movies can open our minds and our hearts to new understandings and enable us to make connections…
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Cricket a Wicket in Chicago Suburbs
On a Sunday afternoon in Bolingbrook, Illinois, we enjoyed a Cricket exhibition between teams representing India and Pakistan. An estimated crowd of 1,500 fans gathered Indian Chase Meadows Park, to watch a short (five hour) 20/20 match. Chicago is making a bid for the 2016 Olympics and organizers of this event hope that Cricket becomes…
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Web Video Workshop
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 my friend Jim Parks and I will team up to conduct at web video workshop. The event is co-sponsored by the Religion Communicators Council Greater Chicago Chapter and the Interfaith Youth Core. To download a promotional flier to go: Web Video Workshop Flier Participants will learn: • How to shoot, edit,…
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Lutheran Life Communities
It is a pleasure to announce that this summer I will be working with Lutheran Life Communities, a top-tier, faith-based, non-profit, residential and healthcare organization based in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Several video projects are on the agenda. We will tell stories about the organization, which began in 1892, and interview staff, residents and their families.…
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30 Good Minutes and Tim Frakes Productions
May 17, 2008CHICAGO Tim Frakes Productions and the Chicago Sunday Evening Club will be working together this summer. The Chicago Sunday Evening Club produces 30 Good Minutes, a television broadcast and web site that features some of the leading voices in religion, as well as the stories of everyday people whose lives reflect the rich…
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Independent videographer shares his calling
This article appeared in the April 17, 2008 edition of “CHIPS” the Luther College Campus Newspaper. Former ELCA video producer brings his story to LutherBy: Melanie Wargowski, Staff Writer“Are you stressed about your future? Are you suffering from anxiety?” Tim Frakes’ opening words at chapel generated groans and nods of agreement from listeners. Frakes was…
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Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya
Last month I was in Nairobi, Kenya. My friend George Arende took us to an IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camp outside the Madera Slum. Following the national elections in December, ethnic/tribal violence erupted across Kenya. Typically, it is the poor who suffer the most. The people in this video were forced to flee their slum…
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Tim Frakes At Luther College
Next week I will be speaking at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. My friend, Dr. Mark Johns asked me to come out and share some of my travel wisdom, or lack there of… Here is a news release from the college.Videographer Tim Frakes to serve as Sense of Vocation visitor April 7-9Tuesday, March 18, 2008Public…