Published materials

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"Where Jerusalem and Mecca Meet: One Baptist College's Social and Evangelical Experiment with Muslim Students on Campus," Christianity Today, July 2009, pp. 46-47.

ARTICLE: "How Would John Wesley Handle Movie Ministry?" Holiness Today

"Soul Tremors: Faith-Based Counseling for Those Shaken by the May Earthquake," Christianity Today, November 2008, pp. 48-50.

"Men at Mid-Life: Four College Buddies Celebrate 40 by 'Living Like They're Dying,'" Chicago Tribune, Sept. 28, 2008.

"Finding God Beyond Harvard: A Quest for Veritas," Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies: Globalization and Its Discontents, Vol. 20, No. 1, September 2008, pp. 205-207.

2007-2008 FIFTY-TWO COLUMNS, in the Kankakee Daily Journal on higher education.

"Men at Mid-life," Chicago Tribune Magazine, Sept. 28, pp. 18-20, 28, 32.

Weekly education columnist, Kankakee Daily Journal.

Article: "'Facing the Giants' with 'Passion':How Would John Wesley Handle Movie Ministry?: 10th Anniversary Perspective Since the Church of the Nazarene Changed the Manual on Movie Attendance," Holiness Today, July 2007.

"For Noble Standards Which We'll Hold," book chapter on Olivet's academic history, ONU Centennial.

"Best Semester Expands Horizons," CCCU Advance magazine, April 2007.

"Parents of College Kids ask Wrong Question," Nazarene Communications Network News - Online, September 2006.

Weekly education columnist, Kankakee Daily Journal.

"Two and Eight," College Faith III: Christian Leaders and Educators Share Faith Stories from their College Days, 3rd Edition, Andrews University Press.

"Top 5 Business Stories of 2004," B2B Illinois magazine, January.

Weekly education columnist, Kankakee Daily Journal.

ARTICLE: "A Heartless Homeland," Christianity Today, October 2004: 41-43.

"The Ooos and Ohs of Family Business," B2B Illinois: The Business-to-Business Forum for Kankakee County, June 2004: 12.

PR: "How Cold is the Water?," Online Education Primer, Graduate School Admission Packet, Olivet Nazarene University, Fall.

PR: "To the Ends of the Earth," Olivetian, June.

PHOTO CREDIT: "The Nightmare of North Korea," Christianity Today magazine, November, p. 40.

"Management by E-mail: eBoss or fBoss?" B2B Illinois magazine, March.

PR - Ezine: Wrote 100 stories over 22 online editions on South Korean ministry, education and culture for Nazarene Missions International Website, http://www.emdnaz.org/index.php?brand=missions, and emailed to more than 1,000 addresses.

TRAINING VIDEO: "Homeschooling in America," 20-minute instructional video for graduate students in the Department of Education, Korea Nazarene University, Choong Nam, South Korea, Fall.

PR - BOOKLET: "Conversations in the Kids Room: Advice for Parents After 911," Warren Woods Christian School, Warren, Mich., 7 pages, October.

PR - BOOKLET: "Why a Christian School?," Warren Woods Christian School Admission Packet, Warren, Mich., 15 pages.

1997-2001 PR: Wrote and laid-out 100 stories in 40 newsletters during facility expansion and program initiatives, "Warrior's World," Warren Woods Christian School, Warren, Mich.

1993-1997 PR: Wrote and laid-out 100 stories in 50 newsletters, community direct mail pieces, and all materials for a $1 million capital campaign (brochures, facility reviews, response pieces, etc.), "The Richfield Messenger," Richfield Church of the Nazarene, Otisville, Mich.

NEWS - Flint Area Newspapers (Mich.): Examples of business stories include: legal battles over commercial rights to a regional festival; housing boom for small community; 50,000 square foot church constructed next to adult bookstore. Examples of public affairs stories: the unionization of substitute teachers; state senators sponsoring a new school consortium; disputes between three officials over library budget responsibilities. Examples of features include: a personal profile on the head of public health for the city of Flint; the local discovery of a 1905 diary describing a trip into the western frontier; area yard fires threatening the life of a neighborhood asthmatic; local resident places in top 10 for Miss Junior Teen state pageant.

PR - BOOKLET: "Tips for Hiring," marketing tool for Dupuis & Ryden, PC clients, Flint, Mich., 6 pages.

Outside teaching activities

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Speaker: Eastern Michigan District Camp Meeting Bible teacher, July 2005.

Professional activities

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Consultant at Cedarville University, Ohio, in development of Journalism Program.

Syllabus reviewer for the inaugural Washington Journalism Center, a Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) program.

Speaker: Toowoomba and Twin Heads Church of the Nazarene, Australia, May 2005.

Speaker: Morenci Men's Retreat, Lake Cumberland, Ky., September 2005.

Served as faculty editor of B2B Illinois: The Business-to-Business Forum for Kankakee County.

Earned short-course certification by the National Communication Association to teach Introduction to Public Relations and Public Relations Writing.

Orientation packet, "How Cold is the Water?: An Online Education Primer," for School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, fall 2004.

Presentation: "Identity and Eschatology in 'AD 2025: The Future of the Church of the Nazarene," at the National Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, November 2004.

Speaker for Warren Woods Church of the Nazarene's Faith Promise Campaign, "Minority Power," June 2003.

Speaker for Church of the Nazarene Missions Day for Eastern Michigan District: "Missions and Calling," Howell, Michigan, March 2003.

Speaker for 21st Annual Illinois Guidance Counselors Luncheon: "Three Reasons to Refer Journalism Students to ONU," March 2003.

Research presented at 2002 National Communication Association convention, "Communication During Innovation: A Comparison of Religious and For-Profit Workers," Miami Beach, Florida.

Presented research, "Communication During Organizational Innovation: Religious Order for For-Profit Workers," Miami, Florida, November 2003.

Travel

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Traveled to Australia with MIA team, May 2005.

Assembled and prepared a Missions in Action team to conduct 20 hours of seminars at a multinational conference in Africa, May 2004.

Community service

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Completed training for Citizens Emergency Response Team (CERT) for Kankakee County -- Homeland Security.

Organized and implemented Adopt a Village program for tsunami relief to rebuild homes and supply helpers, involving 50+ community members and raising $25,000.

Gave a presentation on Asia to the fifth-grade class at Alan Shepard School, October 2003.