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The US Pakistani Interreligious Consortium (UPIC) Retrospective -2017 was created for the Intersections 10th Anniversary Intersections International Gala. The video covers four trips I made to Pakistan with Intersections between 2013 and 2017. Writer/Editor: Kierra Parlagreco; Camera/Sound: Tim Frakes; Voice Over: Kat Harrington; Sound Mix and Design: Kelly E. Harnett; Music: VideoHelper

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Thanks Jim Quattrocki for this look back at our with adventure with Kevin Jacobson covering the impact of the January 2004 Tsunami that hit Tamil Nadu, India.

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Sunrise looking over the Judaean Desert from the Mount of Olives. Shots include the Dome of the Rock and Augusta Victoria Hospital.

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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 toward policy change and build bridges of faith-based understanding and respect between our two countries.

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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 with Americans, he discovers the commonality that exists between people of the US and Pakistan and concludes that the US/Pakistan Interreligious Consortium’s, (UPIC) work is helping to dispel the many stereotypes and misconceptions that exist between our countries and our peoples.

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Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the visit was part of the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium (UPIC), an effort to cooperatively set an action agenda toward policy change on both sides and building bridges of understanding and respect between Pakistan and the United States.

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In addition to recording stories about LWF’s amazing work in Jerusalem including Augusta Victoria Hospital, vocational training, fare housing and emergency assistance for Syrian refugees, I’ll be recording the Palm Sunday procession from Bethany to the Old City on Sunday, 13 April. There will be big crowds in 2014 because the Eastern and Western Easter liturgical calendars coincide. According to Mark, “It is a very lively, musical and colorful event with pilgrims from around the world and from around Palestine”.

Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the top of the Mount of Olives, overlooking the old city of Jerusalem. Augusta Victoria’s tower is among Jerusalem’s most iconic landmarks.

Here is a video I produced in 2008 at Augusta Victoria Hospital.

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Weaving a Global Neighborhood with Rick Steves was used in ELCA congregations to help Lutherans understand the idea of global accompaniment. In the script, Rick and Kevin write,

“Less can be more. Here, in a culture (like Papua New Guinea) where material satisfaction is less elusive, there’s more time for God’s work and for just being human. This road may be bumpy, but then there’s more to life than increasing its speed.

After eating with new friends in PNG, I’m reminded that those of us who use spoons and forks don’t have all the answers. Here in PNG, people paint their faces differently then we do. And they know it. The world is not a pyramid with the USA on top and everyone else trying to get there. Papua New Guineans may go to the United States to study or visit congregations but they wouldn’t swap passports with us. Our world is diverse and it will stay that way. It’s a family — but a multicolored and multifaceted family.

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