On the air He is the recipient of numerous awards for his professional accomplishments, a deeply committed husband and father, a delightfully acerbic communicator, and an unrelenting and effective advocate of the poor, the orphaned, and the outcast. And he has a form of autism. Tune in to Mornings with Brant on WAY-FM and you feel like you’re with friends. Topics range from the hysterical to the poignant, from toast to pregnant teens. Whether you are laughing, crying or singing along, the pervasive sense is that you know Brant Hansen. In the seven years since Hansen arrived in South Florida, […]

The city of Fort Lauderdale is about to observe 100 years of incorporation, and to help honor the city’s centennial celebration, the Mayor has asked residents to take part in a special challenge. The Mayor’s Volunteer Challenge – A Year of Giving Back is geared to honor the city by asking citizens to take the time to give back, by volunteering their talents and time through various types of community service projects. The challenge calls for 100,000 hours of community service to be performed starting this past March, and ending in February 2011. Any volunteer projects that are completed through […]

Peering out my 18th-floor window at the Denver Grand Hyatt, I was delighted to see a fresh layer of snow blanketing the city. Ah, what a welcome sight for a perennial Floridian. I can’t recall the last time I awoke to the sight of the fluffy white stuff sprawled across the ground. It was the final day of the Jerry Jenkins Christian Writers Guild conference. After four days of sitting in hotel conference rooms listening to intense seminars and speeches stretching my mind and imagination, I was hungry to get a glimpse of the majestic Rocky Mountains, another rare sight […]

SaveNDonate.com raises the bar for fundraising online When Brad Stroetz and Deborah De Castro met in the workplace several years ago, they quickly bonded. Sharing the same work ethic and love for Christ, they were immediate friends and stayed in touch, even after going their separate ways in the business world. De Castro slowly phased herself out of the company that the two of them had been working for, and began pursuing a dream that she knew was led by the Holy Spirit. Acting on an early calling to help others that she’d felt within, De Castro worked in the […]

The Get Motivated Business Seminar, which has been touring the country with its high-profile roster of speakers, will be firing up thousands of men and women at the BankAtlantic Center on March 15. This seminar has gained momentum and quite a reputation over the years. It focuses on teaching individuals, from just about every line of work, how to be successful. It will cover such topics as perseverance, achievement, leadership, teamwork, sales and negotiation, and competitiveness. Speakers include “America’s Mayor,” Rudy Giuliani, America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh, football great Dan Marino, legendary Microsoft president Rick Belluzo, motivational speaker Zig […]

It’s been a bold and risky endeavor since day one. Not one to take the easy or safe road on the issue of pornography, Craig Gross, co-founder of xxxchurch, has proven over the years that sometimes a radical approach needs to be implemented in order to lead souls to Christ. Originally a youth pastor in Fullerton, Calif., Gross came up with the idea for xxxchurch after seeing how many people around him were affected by pornography. His mission was to “give people a safe place to get help and let them know that they are not alone in this struggle.” […]