Recent Publications

"Writing is hard work; it's also the best job I've ever had." --Raymond Friest

We've Scene It All Before: Using Film Clips in Diversity Awareness Training (2009)

Publisher

Sense Publisher (www.sensepublishers.com)

 

Genre

Multicultural education; corporate training

 

Description

A revolutionary tool for corporate and academic trainers, We’ve Scene It All Before, harnesses the power of mainstream Hollywood film to enhance educational sessions about diversity and social justice. This resource manual offers practical guidance on how to effectively use the concept of difference as a starting point towards true inclusion. Seasoned and novice trainers will appreciate the suggested strategies and best practices on facilitating diversity dialogues, which are coupled with a set of twenty-five definitions that introduce and raise awareness of the personal and systemic nature of difference, discrimination, and power.

Workshops on human relations and workplace diversity must move beyond the superficial “celebration” of diversity to the dismantling of systems of privilege and oppression that create environments where members of the organization are disenfranchised and disempowered. Using clips from a variety of genres of mainstream film allows the trainer to make intercultural concepts visible and offers a way for us to challenge our own values and assumptions. Participants will enjoy the presentations more as they view some of their favorite films in a whole new way; using this familiar medium creates a common basis for entering the discussions all the while giving us the permission to talk about serious and often controversial subjects.

We’ve Scene It All Before: Using Film Clips in Diversity Awareness Training is a learning tool which will be tremendously useful in reducing resistance and increasing thoughtful cross-cultural dialogue.

To Order a Copy from AMAZON

To Order a Copy from SENSE PUBLISHERS

 

Sintimacy: The Christian's Love Affair with Secret Sin (2009)

Publisher

Revival Nation Publishing (www.revivalnationpublishing.com)

 

Genre

Christian Living

 

Description

Currently the #1 BEST SELLER for Revival Nation Publishing!

 

SINTIMACY tackles the taboo topic that Christians have been afraid to talk about for far too long...secret sin.

Captured in the essence of a spiritual competition where we cannot be transparent with others for fear of not measuring up to others’ expectations, Christians are forced into silence. Our spiritual enemy then uses secrecy and silence as a way to enslave individuals into forced servitude—the more secrets, the less we advance God’s kingdom.

Speaking from his own experiences with secret addictions, the author examines the behavioral patterns and attributes of those who struggle with secret sins of all types.

This book is for those who want to be freed from the grips of spiritual slavery and those who love them. Written with brutal honesty, Johnson exposes the excuses and lies often used to justify inappropriate activities. Those who are currently struggling will find a plan of escape and freedom that includes accountability, adherence to scriptures, and developing an awareness of temptations and triggers. By the end, readers will have been challenged to quit making excuses, overcome the guilt and shame often associated with secret sin, and to allow their past failures to become a tool to rescue others who are trapped in the shadows of secrecy.

When the body of Christ is free from secret sin, the Kingdom will advance in power! God’s plan of redemption for each of us provides a framework for examining how the sintimate can be restored to right standing before the Lord.

 

To Order a Copy from REVIVAL NATION

To Order a Copy from AMAZON

 

Reel Diversity: A Teacher's Sourcebook (2008)

Publisher

Peter Lang Publishing (www.peterlangusa.com)

 

Genre

Multicultural Education; Media Literacy


Description

Winner of the 2009 National Association of Multicultural Education

Book Award

 

Reel Diversity: A Teacher's Sourcebook is a resource manual for teachers who want to infuse the concepts of diversity and social justice into their secondary and college courses. Lecturers and workshop presenters will also appreciate this text for its practical uses. The authors present proven guidelines for teaching diversity using a framework that deconstructs national opinion and culture from both majority and minority perspectives. Emphasizing the development of a shared language among teachers and learners, the text provides a list of important definitions about difference and power. It discusses the role of the teacher in minimizing cultural dominance, prejudice, and discrimination in society. The text includes an extensive section on designing a diversity education course, and teachers will benefit from the suggested instructional activities, readings, assignments, and advice on creating a classroom atmosphere for these issues.

 

More than just another book on film literacy and criticism, this manual stands out from the competition for its practical, user-friendly mini-lessons using film clips from mainstream Hollywood feature films to illustrate the 25 diversity definitions provided in the text, and develops a list of questions following each clip that can be used to encourage cross-cultural dialogue.

 

To Order a Copy from PETER LANG

To Order a Copy from AMAZON