by Steffanie Lindgren ’10

• Chris Armstrong (Church History) was interviewed recently on the drive-time show of Los Angelos, Calif. Christian radio host Frank Pastore. The topic of the interview was his book Patron Saints for Postmoderns, but he also discussed how students interact with the historical material he presents to them.

• Greg Bourgond (Online Education) was selected as a Visiting Resident Scholar for 2009 by the C.S. Lewis Foundation, because of his focus on values, a focus Lewis had in many of his writings. This was Bourgond’s first trip to the Kilns in England, the home of C.S. Lewis. While staying in the quarters of Major Warren Lewis, Bourgond finished his book entitled Heart Surgery: Becoming a Man after God’s Heart. Bourgond is the founder of Heart of a Warrior Ministries and has published a manual called “Heart of a Warrior.”

• Doug Frisk (Health and Physical Education) was selected to serve on a Minnesota Department of Education Committee to re-write the 5-12 teacher licensure test for health education.

• Peggy Kendall (Communication Studies) had her book entitled Christian Parenting in an Age of IM and Myspace featured as one of the “50 Best Parenting Books for Families with Teens and Tweens” by RadicalParenting.com.

• Don C. Postema (Philosophy) recently presented “Ethics and the Use of Animals in Research” for the Toxicology Assessment & Compliance Assurance Group at the 3M Corporation in Maplewood, Minn. Postema also led a panel discussion entitled ‘“Have I made the right decision?’ Addressing a parent’s questions at the bedside” for staff at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, Minn.

• Ripley Smith (Communication Studies) had a two-part radio interview with Moody Broadcasting, regarding a study he conducted that looked at Christian Music Radio to determine what sets it apart from mainstream music radio. The study didn’t look at the music itself, but what was said between the songs. The study was conducted in conjunction with Mark Seignious from Northwestern College.

• Ning Zhang (Anthropology and Sociology) recently published a book review on The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity by Soong-Chan Rah in Prism.