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Gina R. Dalfonzo
Gina is editor of The Point and a writer for BreakPoint Radio. She was originally hired as BreakPoint’s Web editor on the basis of her merciless proofreading, which has been known to make writers weep. Her own writing, having passed through the hands of other, equally merciless editors, can be found on BreakPoint Online, National Review (both the OnDeadTree and OnDeadPixels versions), The Weekly Standard, and elsewhere. She is also the editor of Dickensblog.
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Alan Eason
Born in Colorado and raised in the hills of Tennessee, Alan Eason returned to Denver at an early age to attend a Bible Institute. He then headed to Europe and spent three years doing mission work in (then communist) Eastern Europe, based in Vienna. Moving a bit away from Austrian Gemuetlichkeit, he anchored in Bitburg, Germany, where for five years he ministered to a church made up mostly of US Air Force families.
In the years since, Alan has served as head minister for a church in Tennessee, owned and operated a Christian bookstore, and helped start several other small businesses. An Internet pioneer in the early ’90s, his persistent dream and prayer was to harness that knowledge and experience to actively spread the news of Christ worldwide. That dream was realized when he became the Internet director for Prison Fellowship Ministries in 2009.
A love of writing and of the public forum, debate and discourse (with a sense of humor of course!) keeps him motivated. To enhance his debating abilities and strengthen his sense of humor, he is also working on a master’s degree in journalism at Georgetown University.
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Amanda Bush
Amanda is a former BreakPoint intern and a senior Christian ethics major at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. She was born and raised in Knoxville and appreciates the glorious mountainous terrain. Amanda really enjoys learning—especially about philosophy, apologetics, bioethics, economics, and justice. She hopes to be involved in public policy and in engaging worldview.
Amanda is an avid swimmer and checkers player, occasionally tries to play golf, and loves exploring D.C. She has served on the executive council of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, serves in student government, and is involved in a local church. She also really enjoys reading C.S. Lewis, Charles Dickens, and church fathers, and keeping up with ethical developments.
Prison Fellowship holds a special place in Amanda’s life and she hopes to be involved for years to come.
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Anne Morse
Anne is senior writer for BreakPoint. She has been writing and editing BreakPoint commentaries and columns with Chuck Colson since 1993. In 2004, she co-authored with Chuck Colson the How Now Shall We Live? Devotional (Tyndale). In 1997, she and Mr. Colson co-authored an award-winning collection of BreakPoint commentaries called Burden of Truth (Tyndale).
Anne contributes to National Review Online, the Weekly Standard, Touchstone, Family Security Matters, Beliefnet, the Independent Women’s Forum, and other publications. Her review of Christina Hoff Sommers’s book, The War Against Boys, was given a first place Evangelical Press Award in the category of critical review. Anne has been called everything from “The Handmaiden of Satan” by the extreme right (for a piece she wrote about the Harry Potter books) to “full-service propagandist” by the extreme left Center for the Media and Democracy, which dislikes everything she writes.
Anne is married to Capt. Brent Morse of the Public Health Service. The couple has two sons in college, Travis and Trevor.
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Allen Thornburgh
Like every other Gen-X kid growing up with a front-porch view of the Washington Monument, Allen Thornburgh just knew that he had to major in government and politics. And then become a missionary to Ukraine, and then a police officer, and then a Corporate America Guy. And ultimately, as realized in 2004, Prison Fellowship’s vice president of direct marketing. It was all so predictable, so cliché.
Allen and his wife met at George Mason University (Final Four 2006!), married in D.C.'s Blizzard of '96, and now homeschool their wonderful children. A member of the third class of Centurions, Allen is a fan of Ronald Reagan, Buddy Holly, Magnum, P.I. reruns, courageous public policy, and uncommon valor.
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Billy Atwell
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., but a Southern boy at heart, Billy Atwell joined the BreakPoint team in January 2009 after graduating from East Carolina University. He holds a B.S. in political science and a B.A. in philosophy.
Billy is a two-time cancer survivor who uses his life experiences and intriguing testimony to reach people through public speaking and writing, with the hope that his story can help others deepen their faith. Additionally, he has volunteered his time to counsel cancer patients so that they might glean some insight that will expedite the emotional and spiritual healing process.
Prior to his current position as the coordinator for The Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, he worked as assistant to the public policy director for PFM and as justice reform coordinator under Justice Fellowship's Pat Nolan.
Billy's writing influences are C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, and anyone else who smokes a pipe. He enjoys hunting, hiking, writing, and reading. Beyond that, he's actually quite boring.
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Catherine Larson
Catherine is a senior writer and editor for BreakPoint. She writes for BreakPoint radio commentaries, The Point radio, and is a columnist for BreakPoint online. Catherine earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish from Furman University, and subsequently enrolled in Reformed Theological Seminary where she earned a masters degree in biblical studies. Her first book, As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda, was published in 2009 by Zondervan and gave Catherine the opportunity to explore her interest in narrative journalism.
Catherine loves living life with her husband Mark in Northern Virginia. When she isn’t writing, you may find her dabbling with paint brushes and canvas, cooking a meal for friends, or cheering on one of her favorite teams.
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David Carlson
David, alias Dave the Swede, prefers to remain a mystery.
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Dennis Babish
Dennis was born and raised in Aliquippa, PA, home of Mike Ditka, Tony Dorsett, Henry Mancini, and of course Dennis. He received a BS degree in mathematics with a minor in natural science long before the zero was invented or evolution was a theory. Since '69 he has sweltered in the field of computers, where he has now been so long that he is a walking IT textbook.
He is an avid reader and a student of American history with a special interest in American presidents. He feels strongly that all authority comes from God and that each president is divinely appointed with specific goals and timing. His goal is to determine what God’s plan was and is for each of them.
Teaching is his passion and he currently uses this gift in various classes in his church. He is a member of the 2007 Centurion class and plans on utilizing this valuable knowledge to help bring salt and light to Southern Wisconsin.
Dennis is married to Judy, the love of his life, and has three stepchildren and three grandchildren. He enjoys spending as much time with them as he can.
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Diane Singer
Diane is a wife, mother, and grandmother who has been teaching English at the University of Alabama in Huntsville since 1987. She’s been an avid reader of Chuck Colson’s books for many years, and is a graduate of the 2004 Centurion class. Diane has a passion for short-term missions, having made multiple trips to Russia, Belarus, Nicaragua, Senegal, and Guinea. She and her husband, Lee, are members of First Baptist Church in Huntsville, where Diane teaches an Explore the Bible class and leads small group classes on special topics, such as Celtic Christianity, William Wilberforce, C. S. Lewis, and prayer. She also serves on several mission and ministry-related committees.
When family, church, and work aren't consuming her time, she enjoys reading, swimming, going to movies, and scuba diving with her husband and children. Needless to say, she has a full, happy, and blessed life thanks to God’s grace.
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Jason Bruce
Jason is the program specialist for BreakPoint. A Filipino by birth, his name was officially pronounced "Bru'se" (sounds better in French) in the Philippines, then evolved to "Bruce" when he moved to the United States in 2000. He enjoys what most Filipinos in America enjoy—karaoke—and considers his 10,000-song karaoke microphone his most cherished material possession to date. His alma maters are the University of the Philippines and Georgetown University. He has a gorgeous wife and is a proud dad to two children. He's actively involved in Christian worldview, a.k.a values education, in the Philippines through Lambat Ministries and his personal blog, The Living Rice.
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Jeff Clinton
Jeff is an IT professional. Following graduation from Covenant College, he embarked on a great adventure by marrying the love of his life and college sweetheart. Twenty-one trips around the sun later, their quiver has been filled with four amazing children who inspire them, humble them, and bring them great joy. Jeff first learned the term "worldview" when attending Covenant College in the 1980s. He was further mentored in how to think Christianly and worldviewishly as a BreakPoint Centurion in 2004. Jeff attends a Presbyterian (PCA) mission church called Christ the King. When he is not busy building database systems, he can usually be found playing Age of Empires with his children or cheering for them at their swim meets.
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Jeff Peck
Jeff is a 40-something married father of two living in Northern Virginia. His current position as director of publishing means he oversees a lot of writing, editing, design, production, and communications-related tasks for PFM. He's lived for nearly equal periods in California, Texas, and Virginia. His primary interests include theology, all things military, outdoor life (camping, fishing, hiking, skiing, shooting), biographies, and above all hanging with his beautiful family (including faithful dog Mosby). Spiritual formation credits go to his parents, Mariner's Church in Newport Beach, Second Baptist in Houston, Louie Giglio during his college years at Baylor, and most recently the works of John Piper. He attends McLean Bible Church, where he has served on the worship team and leads a men's small group.
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Karen Williams
After a four-year hiatus attending Cedarville University in Ohio, Karen is happy to be back in the Old Dominion, where she grew up. She currently works as a writer and researcher for Justice Fellowship, the criminal justice reform arm of Prison Fellowship. Her perfect day involves a long run, an adventure in the woods, quality time in the kitchen, and an evening with a fabulous swing dance partner.
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Kathryn Wiley
Kathryn Wiley is a writer with Justice Fellowship. After years of toil in the bowels of public affairs offices, she appreciates the camaraderie of the JF team and also help with spelling. Kathryn loves fiction and poetry, gardens, her husband, and living near the Blue Ridge Mountains in the great state of Virginia.
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Kim I. Moreland
Kim serves as project manager and research associate for the Wilberforce Forum. She also contributes articles for the Breakpoint Online website and has worked with award-winning author Jonathan Aitken on his biography of Charles Colson. (Before her marriage, she wrote under the name Kim Robbins.) Kim loves ballroom dancing, and her ambition is to become a world-class traveler.
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Kristine Steakley
Kristine is a freelance writer and grant writing consultant who lives in South Carolina. She manages a blog for children of divorce, and her articles have appeared in BreakPoint Online, Inside Journal, and Crosswalk.com. Her first book, Child of Divorce, Child of God (InterVarsity, 2008), looked at the issues commonly faced by children of divorce of all ages from a biblical perspective. She loves cooking for friends and family, giving belly rubs to her Labrador retriever, watching old movies, and reading really good writing of any genre.
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Pat Nolan
Pat Nolan is the old man of The Point, having been born at midpoint in the last century, when Harry Truman was President. He is the sixth of nine children and grew up on Crenshaw Blvd., the third generation of his family to live in that neighborhood. Pat and his brothers and sisters performed Irish dancing as the Nine Dancing Nolans, and they stole the show at the International Folk Dance Festival, according to the LA Examiner. Pat was the envy of every kid in the neighborhood when he was able to be at Disneyland on opening day in 1955. He proudly graduated from USC, and rode as their mascot, Tommy Trojan, in the 1974 Rose Parade.
He is a recovering politician, having served for 15 years in the California State Assembly, where he was Republican Leader from ’84-‘88. He also became known as #06833-097 during the two years he spent as an inmate in federal prison. Pat is married to Gail, who is blind to his faults and laughs at his jokes. They have three children, two daughters in college, and a son who is a sophomore in high school. Because of their investment in their kids’ education, Pat and Gail have told their children that they will always be welcome at the doublewide. Pat heads up Justice Fellowship, the criminal justice reform arm of Prison Fellowship, and is passionate about bringing the Christian principles of restorative justice to our criminal justice system.
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Rebekah Hall
Rebekah was raised in Akron, Ohio, affectionately known by some as Tire Town, and by others, including herself, as Ohio’s best kept secret—though Ohio itself is a bit of a well kept secret. Providence led her to Northern Virginia to pursue studies in public policy at Patrick Henry College, but she also inexplicably gained the notice of a gentle bearded man named Jacob, with whom in due time she fell in love and married. (The baby came in April.)
Rebekah was restorative justice assistant for Justice Fellowship, and before that, she assisted the national director of public policy for PFM, and before that, she was a coordinator for three political campaigns, and before that, she studied music and crunched numbers for a telemarketing corporation. And somewhere in there, she learned the distinction between a latte and a cappuccino and taught it to Starbucks customers. Her recommended beverage is a doppio espresso con panna with caramel drizzle.
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Regis Nicoll
Regis is a Centurion of the Wilberforce Forum and a freelance writer whose work regularly appears on BreakPoint Online, Crosswalk, and the Crux Project, among other publications. When not writing, Regis may be found executing flams and paradiddles on his drum kit, watching film noir while munching cheese nachos, or sipping coffee his wife says is too expensive. You can reach out and touch him at centurion51@aol.com.
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Roberto Rivera y Carlo
Roberto is the official liaison from the Pegasus Galaxy. His mission is to both observe and explain the seemingly random and irrational things that the Tauri do and think to their more evolved kin across the universe.
He doesn’t get home very often since that draining of the Zero Point Module restricts Stargate traffic to priority missions only. In the meanwhile, he enjoys such advanced Tauri pursuits as baseball, HDTV, and Earth Jazz and Classical on high-resolution audio.
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Stephen Reed
Stephen is from the other Virginia, which makes him a Mountaineer football fan. A graduate of WVU and Emory University, he enjoyed a five-year stint in talk radio in Charleston, W.Va., serving as a "watchdog" over state government antics there. Previous to his talk radio career, he served as West Virginia's deputy secretary of state.
Stephen's wife, Leni, is originally from Indonesia, which accounts for his love of Sumatran coffee. While they hope children are in the offing, for now they have the friendliest dog in the world, Veronica the Border Collie Mix.
Stephen enjoys conversations touching on theology, philosophy, pop culture (especially films), and all things related to C.S. Lewis and Arthurian legend. He serves as Prison Fellowship’s grants and foundations specialist.
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Steve Rempe
A transplanted Buckeye now living in the fertile soil of northern Virginia, Steve serves as the web editor for Prison Fellowship's website. The oldest of four boys, Steve has a working knowledge of emergency rooms in several states, and maintains a extensive list of "crazy things I did as a child that could've killed me that my kids will never be allowed to attempt." Wisely, he married Beth Friedrich, RN, in 2008. The couple is hoping their first visit to a hospital as husband and wife will be for the birth of their first child in July 2009. Steve is a proud alum of Miami University (the one in Ohio, not to be confused with the school in Florida) and Regent University (the one in Virginia, not to be confused with the school in British Columbia). Steve has had articles published in Crisis magazine and Faith & Freedom, and has been quoted in both The New York Times and ESPN: The Magazine (the latter being the more impressive to Steve's brothers).
When not receiving medical attention, Steve likes to cook, read, and exercise, and maintains an inexplicable fondness for the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Travis McSherley
A native of the cornfields and basketball courts of Indiana, Travis serves as editor of BreakPoint Online. His cultural musings have also appeared on blogs at Townhall.com, the Independent Women's Forum, and Filling up Space.
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Zoe Sandvig
Although an Aussie by birth, the closest Zoe can get to an accent is an odd cross between British and Southern. She spends her nine to five writing for Jubilee, Inside Out, and BreakPoint. She also occasionally contributes to the Washington Times and World Magazine. When she’s not writing, she’s probably discussing new Lost theories, trying to beat co-workers at Boggle, or planning her next adventure (recent ones have included an expedition Rwanda and a cross-country road trip to Montana).
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