Cook, Write, Pray
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Evangelism and Outreach, Faith Based Production, Interesting People, Pro Bono, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions
Despite challenges, Tom Christensen has learned to trust God in every circumstance. Here is the testimony of a single parent, letter-carrier turned chef, author and cancer survivor. Tom is a member of Lombard Bible Church, a part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Tags: Bible, Cancer, Church, Cooking, Faith, Illinois, Lombard, Spiritual Journey, Testimony, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Edongo Band, Kitgum, Northern Uganda
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Africa, Education, Interesting Places, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Jim Quattrocki and I were in Kitgum, Northern Uganda, recording a story at the Anglican Cathedral. I can’t remember if this is out of his camera or mine. Either way, it was a great day and beautiful music.
Tags: Africa, Church, Faith, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Uganda, Video
Carrie Newcomer – 30 Good Minutes, Spiritual Journey
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Faith Based Production, Interesting People, Music, Peace and Justice, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions, women
This is a spiritual journey I produced for 30 Good Minutes, WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago. Singer and songwriter, Carrie Newcomer, drawn to the social justice and peace focus of the Quakers, writes songs about the sacred in the ordinary things of life.
Tags: Faith, Music, Peace, Tim Frakes Productions, women
Sayira Khokhar Spiritual Journey, 30 Good Minutes
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Interesting People, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions, women
Sayira Khokhar – 30 Good Minutes – Spiritual Journey
This is a spiritual journey segment I produced for 30 Good Minutes, WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago. Sayira is a young woman who grew up in Chicago and tasted the backlash of anti Muslim sentiment in the years following 9/11.
Tags: Faith, Islam, Tim Frakes Productions, women
Parker Palmer Spiritual Journey, 30 Good Minutes
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Education, Interesting People, Spiritual Journey
This is a spiritual journey segment I recorded and produced for 30 Good Minutes. Renowned educator and Quaker writer, Parker Palmer, says one of the biggest things he has learned in life is that the direction of the spiritual journey is not upward but downward, to what Paul Tillich called the ground of being.
Tags: Education, Faith, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions
Exploring a Century of Change
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Client Production, Evangelism and Outreach, History
Exploring a Century of Change: Protestant Missions, 1910-2010 is a documentary I produced for the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. In 1910 Protestant Missionary societies gathered in Edinburgh, Scotland to plan for missionary activity in the next century. This is the story of how things turned out and where Protestant missions are headed in the 21st century.
The program features leading scholars such as Brian Stanley, Edith L. Blumhofer, Peter Vethanayagamony, Robert J. Priest, Nelson Jennings and Kathryn T. Long.
Tags: Church, Education, Faith, History, Missions, Tim Frakes Productions, women
Together in Mission: Haiti
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Causes, Disaster, Evangelism and Outreach, Interesting People, Interesting Places, Non-Profit, Tim Frakes Productions
There is a new Lutheran Church in Haiti. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Haiti is a growing body of believers with 12 congregations scattered across Haiti. The Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA asked me to put this video together for the 2010 Synod Assembly.
Tags: ELCA, Faith, Florida Bahamas Synod, Haiti, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Clearing Rubble, Redemption Lutheran, Carrefour, Haiti
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Disaster, News, Tim Frakes Productions
Members of Redemption Lutheran Church in Carrefour, Haiti gather to clear rubble from their destroyed church building. The structure collapsed during the January 12, 2010 earthquake that hit Haiti. Fortunately, no one was in the building when it collapsed.
Tags: Church, Faith, Florida Bahamas Synod, Haiti, Lutheran, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Heading to Haiti
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Pro Bono, Travel
A Haitian boy plays a home-made guitar. This photo was taken several years ago while in Haiti on a shoot.
ELCA Disaster Response, ACT Alliance and the Lutheran World Federation are sending me to Haiti to record images and reflections following the January 2010 earthquake. I will travel via convoy through the Dominican Republic to Port Au Prince.
Your prayers for those affected and for myself as I travel are greatly appreciated! After you pray, support Haiti relief.
Tags: Faith, Haiti, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Building Our Future: In The City For Good
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Capital Campaign, Evangelism and Outreach, Faith Based Production, Non-Profit, Stewardship, Tim Frakes Productions
This is a video I produced for Incarnate Word Lutheran Church in Rochester, New York. This urban congregation is beginning a capital campaign through Kairos and Associates. They asked me to tell their story and record testimonials.
Part 1.
Part 2.
Tags: Church, ELCA, Faith, Florida Bahamas Synod, Lutheran, Rochester New York, Tim Frakes Productions, Video