Tag: Video
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Three Stories Honoring Veterans
Here are three stories I produced with American veterans. Each reflect an attitude of humble service, typical of folks from the generation of Americans who grew up in the 1930s and 40s and served their country with honor and distinction. Anna Hauge was a Navy nurse on board the USS Tranquility, the hospital ship that…
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American Friends of Pakistan
Here is a short video I produced for Intersections International in Islamabad, Pakistan this spring for Intersection’s annual gala event in New York City. This video is not without irony. My flight to Islamabad few directly over Kandahar Airfield, where my son is currently deployed with the US Army 4th ID where he serves in…
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Weaving a Global Neighborhood with Rick Steves
Weaving a Global Neighborhood with Rick Steves is a documentary I produced in 1998 while working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). PBS travel host and best-selling guidebook author Rick Steves and ELCA colleague Kevin Jacobson and I visited Paupua New Guinea where Kevin served as an educator. Weaving a Global Neighborhood with…
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Building Bridges of Faith with Pakistan
Building Bridges of Faith with Pakistan is a 30-minute television documentary produced by for Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries with Intersections International. The program will air on ABC7 Chicago, December 29, 2013. Come with me to Pakistan and watch this compelling eyewitness documentary on the testimonies of key Pakistani and American religious leaders, who met in…
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ELCA Book of Faith Initiative
Here is a video I produced for The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America‘s Book of Faith Initiative. The video was shown at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in August, 2013. The ELCA has made a commitment to encourage all members, from children to adults, to dig deeper into our book of faith, the Bible. The Book…
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Solar Reading Lights for Kids
Godparents for Tanzania-G4TZ- is a non-profit that provides scholarships to over 120 students in the Kilimanjaro and Karatu regions of Tanzania. Most students are in secondary school (high school), college and university. G4TZ also supports projects that help educate young people, including a rural primary school and a new technical school. Recently, G4TZ distributed solar…
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Faraja School: Senorina Laurent
The Faraja School is one of only two primary schools in Tanzania that serve children with disabilities. Senorina Laurent is an Occupational Therapist and helps children adapt to their environments and gain independence
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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. I worked with a wonderful Tanzania/American team visiting schools, interviewing children, staff and organizers across the region. This video is an anthology of short, social-media…
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289,754 ELCA YouTube Views
Recently I took a peak at the Youtube channel for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Back in the late 1990’s while I still worked for the ELCA Churchwide offices, our Department for Communication began uploading programs to what was then called, Google Video. After Google purchased Youtube in 2006 for $1.65 billion, Google Video…