Rusty Wright
Rusty Wright is an award-winning author, lecturer, journalist and syndicated columnist who has spoken on six continents. His material has appeared in mainstream newspapers across the U.S. and has been used in any of 14 languages by over 2,000 websites. Rusty has appeared on secular TV talk shows in cities [...]
Finding common ground with skeptics
It’s a crucial lesson, and I’m glad I learned it early on. When communicating with skeptics, start by agreeing where you can. You’ll get many more to listen. Discover inspiring stories and practical principles for building bridges to connect with those who disagree with you. In this free online workshop, Rusty Wright, an award-winning author, lecturer, journalist and syndicated columnist, discusses ideas to help publishers and writers fashion resources to reach nonbelievers and to coach believing readers in outreach to skeptics. Meet the trainer: Rusty Wright This workshop is available in the MTI Online Learning Center. During the checkout process, you will be prompted to create a free membership account or login to access this workshop. Thank you!
Influence non-Christians for Christ through your writing
Writing to make an impact on a secular audience requires a distinctly different approach from appealing to Christians. In this workshop you will learn how to gear your writing to your audience, using important research tools to discern religious persuasion, intellectual level, psychological makeup, needs, moral attitudes, issues, and heroes. Meet the trainer: Rusty Wright This workshop is available in the MTI Online Learning Center. During the checkout process, you will be prompted to create a free membership account or login to access this workshop. Thank you!
Reaching secular readers: Writing for secular publications
This MTI blog series aims to help you and your readers sharpen your skills in communicating faith matters to secular readers – skeptics, seekers, and the spiritually disinterested. Here’s an idea for extending your writing influence. Maybe it can help enlarge your borders. I hope so! This Reaching Secular Readers series [...]
Reaching secular readers: 7 more questions skeptics ask
This MTI blog series aims to help you and your readers sharpen your skills in communicating faith matters to secular readers – skeptics, seekers, and the spiritually disinterested. Do your secular readers–or your secular friends–ever doubt Christianity's validity? Probably so. An earlier article, 7 Questions Skeptics Ask, posed common questions and [...]
Call for guest bloggers
Do you want to share your insights about magazine publishing with a global audience? Magazine Training International invites you to become a guest blogger for our website. Showcase what you've learned about magazine publishing, editing, writing, design, or related subjects by contributing an article to our blog. Whether you have [...]
Reaching secular readers: 7 questions skeptics ask
This MTI blog series aims to help you and your readers sharpen your skills in communicating faith matters to secular readers – skeptics, seekers, and the spiritually disinterested. Versions of this article in other languages: Spanish | Portuguese | French Do your secular readers–or your secular friends–ever doubt Christianity's validity? Probably so. [...]
Reaching secular readers: Following up your secular readers
This MTI blog series aims to help you and your readers sharpen your skills in communicating faith matters to secular readers – skeptics, seekers, and the spiritually disinterested. So, you have a vision to communicate Christ to secular readers, some great topic ideas, and plans for outreach articles. But doesn’t all [...]
Reaching secular readers: Transitioning from the secular to the spiritual
This MTI blog series aims to help you and your readers sharpen your skills in communicating faith matters to secular readers – skeptics, seekers, and the spiritually disinterested. OK, you've decided to use themes of secular interest to attract nonbelieving readers to your publication or article. What are some good topics, [...]