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"The Bunco Beauties," Delta Sky magazine, October 2007, a feature profiling grassroots fundraising for breast cancer research. "Daddy, Where Art Thou," YouthWorker Journal, September/October 2007, a profile of Jim Daly, new CEO of Focus on the Family. |
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Portfolio
The Strong Word can provide writing and editing samples upon request. The items below (published since 2000) are a starting point.
news and feature writing |
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“Lost Boys of Sudan graduate,” Christian Examiner, July 2007, a news story on the graduation from college of the first Lost Boys of Sudan in San Diego County.
Six happy young men recently graduated from college. They celebrated, along with 200 or so friends and acquaintances, for hours with dancing, music and food. That’s not unusual in the months of May and June, when most colleges hold commencement ceremonies. But these were not the usual graduates... | Read the story 
Gary Becks: To the Rescue,” Good News Etc., Nov. 2005, a profile of the founder of Rescue Task Force.
Gary Becks met his wife-to-be doing relief work for victims of December’s tsunami. The day after they married they took off for Louisiana to help hurricane evacuees...| Read the story 
“Getting Your Message into the Media,” Holiness Today, March-April 2005.
You have a dynamic new preacher coming and you want to invite your entire community to the event. But you don't know how to approach your neighborhood newspaper... | Read the story
“Here I Am,” Holiness Today, Nov-Dec. 2005, a profile of an ophthalmologist who goes on medical missions several times a year.
Bert Bowden, an Alabama ophthalmologist, has a vision to teach and reach in the uttermost parts of the world...| Read the story
For Compassion and Culture, a newsletter of the Capital Research Center:
"Free Wheelchair Mission: 'No Human Being Should Have to Crawl through Life," Sept. 2007. In July Don Schoendorfer greeted a visitor to his Free Wheelchair Mission in Irvine, California, with his leg in a cast and his torso in a brace. Read the story
Also for Compassion and Culture
• Equip, a business ministry now named rēp, with a long “e” (Feb. 2007) | Read the story
• Heart to Heart International, a medical disaster relief group (Nov. 2006) | Read the story
• The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (April 2006). | Read the story 
marketing communications |
For BISHOP’s magazine, a publication of The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, Calif.
• “Creating a Legacy,” pp. 18-19, Spring/Summer 2007 | Read the story
• “Bishop’s Profile,” pp. 14-15, Fall/Winter 2006 | Read the story
• “Return to House of Angels,” pp.22-23, Fall/Winter 2006| Read the story
• “Tom Tarentino: Coach for Life,” pp. 8-9, Spring/Summer 2006 | Read the story
• “Bridget Kyle,” pp. 16-17, Fall/Winter 2005 | Read the story
For Viewpoint, the quarterly publication of Point Loma Nazarene University
• “Marking History: Jazz Band in Havana,” p. 12, Winter 2005 | Read the story
• “Pleasing the Ultimate Customer,” Spring 2005 | Read the story
• “The Fermanian School of Business,” Spring 2005 | Read the story
• “Fermanian Dedicated to Uncompromising Quality,” Spring 2005 | Read the story
• “Heart to Heart: University Exceeds Goal of $40,000 for Tsunami Relief,” Spring 2005 | Read the story
• “Writing the Last Chapter” PLNU School of Nursing Professor Advises Tackling
End-of-Life Issues Now,” Summer 2005 | Read the story
For Point Loma Nazarene University's Office of Institutional Advancement
• 2005 Annual Report | Read the story
• 2004 Annual Report | Read the story
• Brochure copy for new School of Business | Read the story
