Articles and Awards

Published Articles

In Presbyterians Today

Ditch the Outdated Sermon
Christmas Eve Expectations
Commuter Marriages Create New Ministry
Cool Churches are Overrated
The New Mission Field
Thinking Small
Eugene "Freedom" Blackwell Remembered as Community Builder and Activist

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In Presbyterian News Service

GA 2012 Reporting
Presbyterians Advocate for Rural Women at the United Nations
Presbyterian Ministry at the U.N. hosts event for Commission on the Status of Women
PC(USA) participants bring diversity of purpose to UN Commission on the Status of Women

In the Greensburg, PA Tribune-Review

My Barking Child
Rose Colored Glasses that Fit
Garden offers Lesson on Growing Up

In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Life Support: On the Road to Insanity

Curriculum Pieces

How and Who Jesus Saved: A 2016 Youth Lenten Study
Hope, Peace, Joy and Love: A 2015 Youth Advent Study
Should Christians Fight? A Youth Study
Hell: Is It Real?

Awards

DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards, Religious Communicators Council

2017 Award of Excellence (first place) for an editorial on racism for Presbyterians Today
2017 Award of Excellence for a single issue for Presbyterians Today

Associated Church Press

2016 Award of Excellence for best national denominational magazine for Presbyterians Today
2006 Award of Excellence in the Most Personally Useful category for “Faithful Vacations,” in Presbyterians Today

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

2012 Robert M. Ezzell Homiletical Prize for applying insights of popular culture to theology

Parenting Publications of America News Feature

2006 Gold Award for the article "Dealing with Overweight Kids" in Pittsburgh Parent
2005 Bronze Award for the article "Kids Exploring the Environment," in Pittsburgh Parent

Associated Press Award

1992, for Investigative Reporting/Radio for the documentary State of the Unions, a report I researched, wrote and anchored.

Golden Quill Award

1992, for Investigative Reporting/Radio for the documentary State of the Unions, a report I researched, wrote and anchored.