Set in Memphis, Tenn., the play tells the story of a community where police and civilians search for answers to the dilemma of retaliatory violence and the challenges police face in preventing it, the main barrier being the strained relationship between the two groups. Using the Insight approach, Uniform Justice was written and directed by Chukwuma Obasi, and based on conversations and experiences had with Memphis community and police over an 8-month period.

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Suicide Takes Another Life is a video I produced for Rev/CH (Major Retired) Kent Svendsen through a grant from the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Suicide is a subject that people often do not want to talk about. It can make for an uncomfortable conversation. Then again, sometimes it’s out of fear that one will say something wrong, or worse yet, think they will cause someone to harm themselves because they brought up the subject. In reality, talking about the subject or sharing this video can open up opportunities to help those who may be considering suicide. The key to suicide prevention, is understanding why it happens, and what can be done to prevent it.

In this video written by Rev / CH (Major Retired) Kent Svendsen we act out scenes that illustrate important information about the subject and how that information can save lives.

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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 dialogue around these issues.

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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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Christian pilgrims from around the world join local Palestinian Christians as they gather on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City waving palm and olive branches and processing along the traditional route taken by Jesus of Nazareth on his triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

This year (2014) both the Western and Eastern Christian calendars coincide making the crowds especially large and robust. Fun was had by all. Hosanna!

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It’s been a busy and very interesting winter and and spring and I would like to share some of my experiences with you and extend an invitation to watch two of my projects on broadcast television here in Chicago.

This winter I’ve been working with the Chicago Sunday Evening Club to produce a one hour broadcast television documentary titled: After Prison, Responding with Faith. My friends Jim Quattrocki, Darren Harrison and I teamed up to tell three stories of faith communities that are reaching out to ex-offenders. The program will air on Thursday, April 3, 9:00 p.m. on WTTW PBS, Chicago. After Prison, Responding with Faith will be rebroadcast on WTTW Prime on Friday, April 4th at 3pm, and Sunday, April 6th at 6pm.

I’ve also been busy telling stories about Chicago’s Christians from the East with Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries. Western Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, often overlook and even disregard their Eastern brothers and sisters, even when those Christians suffer persecution and war, become refugees, and then live among us.

In this documentary, we introduce Eastern Christians from Iraq, Turkey and Egypt who fled persecution and war in their homelands and made their way to Chicago.

We go inside their homes and places of worship, and hear stories about a rich, ancient Christianity that continues to thrive in a new world. Sanctuary, Chicago’s Christians from the East airs Sunday, March 30th, 11:00 am on ABC7 Chicago.

In early March, Intersections International invited me to return to Pakistan to film stories about the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium. UPIC seeks to cooperatively set an action agenda toward policy change and build bridges of faith-based understanding and respect between our two countries.

Ironically, on my way to Islamabad, I flew directly over the head of my son who is currently on deployment in Afghanistan while serving in the United States Army! What are the odds?

Later this year I’ll be working with Peter Mayer, lead guitar player with Jimmy Buffett on a new music project for Lutheran Men in Mission. The Chicago Sunday Evening Club has also asked me to produce a new WTTW documentary on families divided by the Immigration Reform Debate and hopefully many other exciting projects that tell stories of faith and positive change.

Thank you to all those clients who place their trust in me. I look forward to great things to come. And, as always, check out my website, Facebook, Twitter and Linked-in feeds for on-line versions of my projects.

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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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Broadcast Premier! “After Prison, Responding With Faith”, Thursday, April 3, 9:00 p.m. WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago.

The Chicago Sunday Evening Club presents a new, one-hour television documentary profiling three faith-based responses to life after prison. My friends Jim Quattrocki, Darren Harrison and Sandy Sticha helped to produce this hopeful look at faithful responses to life after prison.

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In this documentary His Grace, Bishop Demetrios the auxiliary bishop of Mokissosof the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, will introduce to us Coptic, Assyrian and Arminean Christians, many of whom fled persecution and war and made their way to Chicago. We will go inside their homes and places of worship and learn about their rich tradition of ancient Christianity that continues to thrive in a new world. Sanctuary, Chicago’s Christians from the East, aired Sunday, March 30, 11:00 a.m., ABC7 Chicago. Produced by Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries and Tim Frakes Productions.

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