Month: February 2010

  • Celebrating Three Years in Business!

    March 28, 2010 marks the three-year anniversary of Tim Frakes Productions. Had I known three years ago that the global economy was going to tank and the U.S. would plunge into it’s deepest economic recession since the 1930’s I probably would have stayed put. Thank God for my ignorance! Today there are six of us…

  • RCC Congress 2010

    Join myself and religion communicators from around the world here in Chicago, April 7-10, 2010, for a once-a-decade multi-faith forum of all levels of communicators of religion. This extraordinary event brings together over 1,200 communications professionals to expand our experience and broaden our perspective on embracing change. Social change invites us to new ministries. Religious…

  • Religion and Ethics Weekly: Haiti

    At the Haiti/Dominican Republic border, I ran into Gail Fendley a producer with Religion & Ethics Weekly on PBS.  Gail and her crew were producing a story on relief work from the Dominican side of the border.   We exchanged business cards and I was able to share footage I recorded in Haiti which they used…

  • Haiti, Three Weeks After: Chris Herlinger Reports

    My friend Chris Herlinger from Church World Service and I produced this story in Port Au Prince, Haiti, three weeks after the January 2010 earthquake. Port Au Prince, Haiti February, 2010 by Chris Herlinger In the nearly three weeks since the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake, Haiti feels like a desert bereft of much that makes…

  • Faithful Travel with Rick Steves

    My friend Rick Steves is on the cover of the February Christian Century. Check out his interview and then check out the video I did with him a while back titled: Faithful Travel. The video links Rick’s travel philosophy with his faith.

  • Kevin Coval 2010 Spiritual Journey

    This is a 2010 Spiritual Journey I produced on Chicago Hip-hop poet Kevin Coval for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club‘s WTTW Channel 11 PBS Chicago program, 30 Good Minutes. Hip-hop music helped Kevin find his poetic voice and led him to a deeper understanding of his Jewish faith.

  • Why We’re Addicted to Disaster Porn

    My friend, photo journalist Paul Jeffrey shared this David Sirota story with me. I post it here as a response to friends and family who ask, “How was Haiti?” Though not a religious article, I think there is some Gospel in here somewhere. Tim Why We’re Addicted to Disaster Porn By David Sirota, AlterNet Posted…

  • Wrapping Things up in Haiti

    Packing up my equipment and belongings as my time in Haiti draws to a close, thoughts and emotions percolate. I was invited to come to Haiti two weeks after the January 2010 earthquake that leveled much of Port Au Prince and the surrounding countryside by the ELCA Disaster Response and the Lutheran World Federation. As…