Writing
Many of my current stories appear at the Wycliffe Global Alliance site.
I'm also the principle writer for the First Free Rockford church blog.
General
Darcie Eklund: A Run to Remember - Probably my favorite story I've ever gotten to tell, about a family close to mine whose daughter lived into her late 40s with Down syndrome.
Rockford Rescue Mission's 50 years of changing lives - feature (Northwest Quarterly, Holiday 2013)
Big Things Brewing on the Riverfront - Prairie Street Brewhouse feature (Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Summer-Fall 2013
Rockford Dance Company Celebrates 40 Years (Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Spring/Summer 2013)
The Kitchen Office Unleashed (Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Spring/Summer 2013)
Feature about Rockford artist Karen Harding (Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Winter 2012/13)
Feature about Big Papa's Barbecue, Machesney Park, Ill. (Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Winter 2012/13)
Crossfield News
Stories of God's work around the world, 2011-2014.
Humor
When the Kids Move Out: Observations about being empty nesters and still in our 40s (Kyria.com)
Homage to Mr. Knievel: The Thrills and Spills of Mid-Evel Times (Rockford Register Star)
A Man and His Tools (Marriage Partnership Magazine)
Moving Violations (Marriage Parnership Magazine)
Journalism
The stories we're missing: Why journalism can't afford to ignore the great, local feature. Northern Illinois Newspaper Association.
Newspapers need a new (old) pitch (Northern Illinois Newspaper Association)
| ninaspring09column.pdf |
Dispatches from Behind the Lines (Northern Illinois Newspaper Association)
| ninawinter10_dispatches.pdf |
Newspapers struggle with decency standards (Northern Illinois Newspaper Association)
Blair bashers have it all wrong (Northern Illinois Newspaper Association)
Beware of novices wielding power tools (Northern Illinois Newspaper Association)
Spiritual
The Overflow Room: A blog about the church, the culture and a new reformation.
Unlikely Calling: In Slovakia, an Old Testament story energizes Roma Bible translators
Giving: Our Interesting Approaches to Tithing (Marriage Partnership Magazine)
Caught Unawares: Temptation, the Internet and Stopping a Freight Train (Marriage Partnership Magazine)
Get Physical: Strengthening your abs and your marriage (Marriage Partnership Magazine)
Blair bashers have it all wrong (Northern Illinois Newspaper Association)
Beware of novices wielding power tools (Northern Illinois Newspaper Association)
Spiritual
The Overflow Room: A blog about the church, the culture and a new reformation.
Unlikely Calling: In Slovakia, an Old Testament story energizes Roma Bible translators
Giving: Our Interesting Approaches to Tithing (Marriage Partnership Magazine)
Caught Unawares: Temptation, the Internet and Stopping a Freight Train (Marriage Partnership Magazine)
Get Physical: Strengthening your abs and your marriage (Marriage Partnership Magazine)
Rebuilding Hope: Rockford team among volunteers working on New Orleans cleanup (Rockford Register Star)
| neworleans.pdf |
Delivered from the desert: Cover story, The Rescuer, Spring 2009
| spring09_rescuer_coverstory.pdf |
"I was living a dual life":Cover story, The Rescuer, winter 2008
| winter08_rescuer_coverstory.pdf |
Staten Island survivors' story
As a ReachGlobal Crisis Response team installs insulation and hangs sheetrock in her Staten Island home, Laura Lamont can scarcely believe the transformation. Nightmarish memories gave way to hope.
Middle East 2011
Stories and photos from a trip to the Middle East, March 2011
Girls home in Lebanon: In the war-town mountains above Beirut stands a place of peace.
Health care for the helpless: A free clinic that ministers to, among others, Iraqi war refugees.
Accompanying video
'Through the blood of my brother' : Radical forgiveness in Sudan
Girls home in Lebanon: In the war-town mountains above Beirut stands a place of peace.
Health care for the helpless: A free clinic that ministers to, among others, Iraqi war refugees.
Accompanying video
'Through the blood of my brother' : Radical forgiveness in Sudan
Haiti 2010
Stories, photos and audio slide shows from our work in Haiti with Kids Around the World, April 2010.
For the Rockford Register Star:
Story about playground dedication day
Story about food distribution at Camp Hope
For slide shows, go to Multimedia page.
For the Rockford Register Star:
Story about playground dedication day
Story about food distribution at Camp Hope
For slide shows, go to Multimedia page.
Travel
A Baseball Pilgrimage: Exploring Cooperstown (Rockford Register Star)
A Baseball Pilgrimage: Exploring Cooperstown (Rockford Register Star)
| cooperstown.pdf |
My books
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