Originally from Long Island, New York, Tim Hannon currently makes his home in Rochester, New York, where Tim serves the University of Rochester as the Associate Director for Student Conduct.

Tim's journey to Johnson was influenced by James Hamer ('75) and others who served the East Northport Christian Church. He is a graduate of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences on both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

After serving the McNabb Center in East Tennessee, Tim worked for the University of Tennessee before returning to his home state to serve the University of Rochester.

For the first episode of the Sojournal podcast for 2024, we learn of Tim's journey to Christ, to Johnson, and to his various vocational stops on his adult sojourn.

This episode is just a brief thank you to everyone who made 2023 a great year on the Sojournal Podcast and for everyone who made 2023 a great year at Johnson University.

This episode features snippets of several students who introduced themselves and offered personal notes of gratitude.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you who are part of the Sojournal audience.

Raised in the nearby community of Seymour, Tennessee, Phil Arlinghaus has always been familiar with Johnson but never really considered it as an option for higher education until circumstances led him back to the area and he learned about Johnson's degree in media communications.

Today, Phil is married, lives in Seymour, and works as the Operations Manager for Joy 620 WRJZ in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Mike Householder is involved in a variety of initiatives, but his passion is making disciples through a tool he has developed and deployed around the world. A community boy, Michael was associated with Johnson through camp and as a non-student participant on a musical traveling team.

Listen in to learn about the variety of projects that have Mike's attention as well as the special opportunity to support Johnson while purchasing everyday products.

Left unsharpened, tools grow dull. Dr. Overdorf helps preachers and public speakers sharpen their skills with 52 weeks worth of lessons from his book, "One Year to Better Preaching." Today's final conversation in this 4-part series focuses on five more exercises for preachers to consider:

Left unsharpened, tools grow dull. In each episode of this 4-part series, Dr. Daniel Overdorf discusses five exercises preachers (or anyone involved in public speaking) can use to sharpen their communication skills.

In this episode, Dr. Overdorf shares lessons on expanding your multi-cultural awareness, designing careful transitions, crafting evocative words, considering the text's literary form, and incorporating testimony.

All of these lessons come from Dr. Overdorf's book "One Year to Better Preaching: 52 Exercises to Hone your Skills." This book and others written by Dr. Overdorf are available Here on Amazon.com.

Dr. Daniel Overdorf, a 1995 graduate of Johnson University, currently serves on the school's preaching faculty. Experienced in pastoral ministry himself, Dr. Overdorf has written a few books on the subject of preaching and pastoral care.

Today is part 2 of a 4-part series on lessons learned from Dr. Overdorf's book, One Year to Better Preaching: 52 Exercises to Hone Your Skills. This book is not just for preachers. Many of the exercises contained in this book would be beneficial to anyone who is involved in public speaking or teaching. Listen in to see what lessons you might learn from Dr. Overdorf.

If you are interested in obtaining a copy of Dr. Overdorf's book, you can find it on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/One-Year-Better-Preaching-Exercises/dp/0825439108.

Dr. Daniel Overdorf, a 1995 graduate of Johnson University, currently serves on the school's preaching faculty. Experienced in pastoral ministry himself, Dr. Overdorf has written a few books on the subject of preaching and pastoral care.

As a service to our alumni, we have decided to start offering more than just alumni life interviews on the Sojournal podcast. We want to learn from our alumni and especially from those who are faculty members at Johnson or elsewhere.

Today's episode marks the first of a 4-part series on lessons learned from Dr. Overdorf's book, One Year to Better Preaching: 52 Exercises to Hone Your Skills. This book is not just for preachers. Many of the exercises contained in this book would be beneficial to anyone who is involved in public speaking or teaching. Listen in to see what lessons you might learn from Dr. Overdorf.

If you are interested in obtaining a copy of Dr. Overdorf's book, you can find it on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/One-Year-Better-Preaching-Exercises/dp/0825439108.

Pete says, "I NEVER wanted to be a senior pastor or preacher...like the main guy." However, Pete currently serves as the lead minister of Englewood Christian Church in Jacksonville, Florida, where he has found a perfect fit for vocational ministry.

Listen in to this episode of the Sojournal podcast and learn about Pete's stops along the journey and his advice to others in church leadership.

A native of Central Indiana, Jill grew in her faith as a member of Bethany Christian Church in Anderson. She credits the church's excellent discipleship emphasis as one of the reasons she grew to possess a well grounded faith. Under the influence of such well-known Johnson alumni such as Lanis ('48) Kineman, David ('68) Woods, and Larry ('73) Kineman, it is no wonder Jill came to Christ and grow deeply in her Christian faith.

After time at Indiana University, Jill came to Johnson to grow in her Christian apologetic. She has taken her faith journey around the world with her most recent and enduring host country being New Zealand.

Listen in to hear about Jill's "three signs" and more!