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April 14, 2003 | Calvin
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While faith-based efforts have seemingly stalled in both Congress and the Senate, the White House remains committed to the basic idea that many of society's problems could benefit from the assistance of religious groups. And it vows to keep government assistance to faith-based organizations on the legislative table. So a late-April talk at Calvin College will be timely. On April 28, at 7:30 p.m., the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin will host Tim Goeglein, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. He will speak in Gezon Auditorium on "Faith and the Public Arena" for the school's annual Henry Lecture (both the Institute and the Lecture are named for former Calvin professor and U.S. Congressman Paul Henry). Goeglein has worked in the public arena for nearly 15 years. For a decade, he was first the Deputy Press Secretary and then Communications Director for U.S. Senator Dan Coats of Indiana. An Indiana native, he began his career at WKJG-NBC in Fort Wayne, producing their evening newscasts. During the Bush-Cheney campaign, Goeglein served as the Coalitions Media Director. He graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington with honors from the Ernie Pyle School of Journalism. In a recent interview with the Indiana University alumni magazine, Goeglein credited his journalistic background for teaching him key lessons: "Communicate big ideas clearly. Be patient with people. Be intrigued with people because everyone has a special story. Do not make political differences personal differences. Find commonalities and move forward." Those lessons were put to the test, he said, just days after September 11 when Goeglein organized the memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral, expressing a moral and religious response that included Jewish, Islamic and Christian faiths. | |||||
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