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As [tag]Japanese culture[/tag] becomes more prominent in American entertainment, mysterious and awe-inspiring tales of the [tag]samurai[/tag] have become more familiar to the Western world. A new book, The Way of the [tag]Christian Samurai[/tag]: Reflections for Servant-Warriors of Christ (ISBN 0-9772234-6-9) explores how the advice and stories of real samurai can help modern-day [tag]Christian[/tag]s.

As Christians, we are called to be both servants and warriors for Jesus Christ. The samurai, whose very title means “one who serves,” were skillful warriors of feudal Japan who devoted themselves fully to the service of their masters, willing even to sacrifice their lives in service to their lord. Christians are also called by their Lord, Jesus, to take up their cross and follow Him, and to seek to lose their life for His sake (Matthew 16:24-25).

While fantastic legends and stories of the samurai are plentiful, The Way of the Christian Samurai draws from primary sources – notes, essays, and books written by real samurai from Japan’s feudal era. Their advice on everything from overcoming fear, giving counsel to others, serving one’s Lord, and self-sacrifice are remarkably applicable to the life of the modern Christian.
Author Paul Nowak ties the advice of these servant-warriors of old, pointing out how the selections from samurai texts relate to Christian teachings found in the Scriptures.

The book is a matchless resource for Christians intrigued by the mythos of the samurai or Japanese culture, or for pastors and other spiritual leaders who are looking for anecdotes that illustrate Biblical ideals. Christian parents whose children enjoy [tag]Japanimation[/tag], [tag]Anime[/tag], and [tag]Manga[/tag] will find it a useful tool in understanding their children’s interests and in ministering to them.

The Way of the Christian Samurai: Reflections for Servant-Warriors of Christ is available for purchase at http://www.Christian-Samurai.com, as well as from [tag]books[/tag]ellers Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

Review copies are available for established publications and media personalities. Please email your requests for review copies to sales@dyinglight.com.

Mt. Laurel, NJ, MAY 9, 2007 - Does your business or organization have a message to spread, a product to sell, funds to raise, and a limited budget? If so, you may be one of many pro-life or Catholic organizations that can benefit from a well-written and distributed [tag]press release[/tag].

“The press release is a very powerful and low-cost [tag]promotional[/tag] tool,” says Paul Nowak, of R.A.G.E. Media. “However, it is often overlooked by faith- or issue-based organizations, or worse, done improperly casting a negative image of the organization to the [tag]media[/tag].”

Nowak explained that unlike traditional advertising, press releases, which get published by the media as news stories, are less expensive, more authoritative, and last longer than traditional [tag]advertising[/tag].

“If you’re getting fed up with spending hundreds or thousands of dollars in advertising and not getting your desired results, you may want to consider using press releases instead,” said Nowak. “Press releases are not read as advertising – many of the stories in your local or national news are releases ‘touched-up’ by reporters, but written by groups or individuals seeking publicity. Those stories carry the authority of the media outlet publishing them, giving the originator of the release credibility, without their message sounding like an advertisement.”

For a reporter to use a press release, however, a particular news style is expected. If a story is too difficult to re-work, it might get passed over. Even worse, the poorly-written release may be considered by reporters to be an indication that the group is poorly organized, not well-informed, and lacking expertise regarding the message they are trying to convey.

“Mainstream corporations and major pro-abortion organizations have robust public relations departments that pounce on any opportunity to promote their products and mission,” said Nowak. “It’s about time Catholic and pro-life businesses, organizations, apostolates, and non-profits of every size had the same tools and resources available to them.”

That’s why Nowak, a veteran writer for LifeNews.com and Franciscan University’s media relations department, is offering his freelance services to pro-life and Catholic groups. As a journalist and press release writer , Nowak’s articles have been published and reprinted worldwide, in both the mainstream and [tag]Catholic[/tag] press.

“If you are launching a new ministry, a new product, reached a milestone, or want to comment publicly on a current news story that relates to your organization, shout about it from the housetops!” encourages Nowak. “Also consider press releases to compliment your traditional advertising efforts, in order to boost your results.”

More information on R.A.G.E. Media’s services can be found at http://www.dyinglight.com/index.php/catholic-prolife-press-release-services/.

If you can use a professionally-written and distributed press release to help your organization or business reach its goals, contact Paul Nowak at 856-577-2869, or by email at wordsmith@dyinglight.com.

R.A.G.E. Media offers professional writing and publishing services. “R.A.G.E.” is an acronym for “Rebellious Affirmation of Greater Existence,” a reminder that we must consciously remember that there is a Greater Power active in today’s world, and that we as human beings serve a greater purpose than the world would have us believe.

The following Press Release orignally appeared on Catholic.org. regarding Ken Henderson’s ministry (Ken is author of True Knights: Combat Training Daily Prayers for Purity published by R.A.G.E. Media.)

True Knights (www.trueknights.org) has announced the kickoff of its 2006 “Immortal Combat” fundraising appeal. “We hope to raise the funds necessary to help families combat the rampant ‘Plague of [tag]Pornography[/tag]‘ that is out of control in our society” said [tag]Kenneth Henderson[/tag], founder and president of True Knights. “Families everywhere are in constant danger of falling victim to the scourge. It knows no boundaries, age, vocation or gender…EVERYONE is vulnerable.” Won’t you please join this effort to save souls as True Knights strives to reach out and help families who have been affected by the “Plague of Pornography”?

True Knights was founded in 2004 by Kenneth Henderson who was led to the [tag]Catholic[/tag] Church in response to a heart-felt plea to God to save him from his own addiction to pornography; an addiction that was destroying his own [tag]marriage[/tag] and [tag]family[/tag]. Since then Ken has dedicated his own life to helping others who have been affected and infected by the ‘Plague of Pornography.’

The work at True Knights has been recognized as a badly needed ministry by many and the producers at EWTN have featured True Knights founder, Kenneth Henderson on shows like “Life on the Rock” and “The Journey Home” just to mention a few. The Most Revered Bishop Edward J. Slattery, Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa, has officially recognized the apostolate as a ministry for our times and has vowed his enthusiastic support and blessing of True Knights and the efforts of Kenneth Henderson.

Ken has stated that “everyone knows someone, either a friend or family member who struggles with [tag]sexual impurity[/tag]. This problem is widespread and in a society that is so preoccupied with sex and sexual pleasure, many people, even good Catholic men and women, can become ensnared in the trap of slavery to sexual addiction. In fact, pornography and sexual lust is the number one growing addiction in the world!”

Lust, which includes pornography [tag]addiction[/tag], is a huge problem in our world and is, probably the greatest contributor to the destruction of marriages and families. With the abundance of technological advances and media outlets, the selling of the human body has become big, big business and it feeds on the brokenness of all men and women. More and more children are becoming victims of this attack as well, with the average child seeing pornographic images on the family computer by the time they are eight years old. The mantra of our media is that somehow sex equals love. However, the opposite is true; “lust” hinders and even destroys our ability to truly love.

Even a person who only indulges in lust once and a while can have his life and relationships significantly affected in a profoundly negative way…leading to divorce, an inability to hold a job or maintain relationships.

Ken know this battle all too well, as he was one of those lost souls that almost lost his marriage and family to the forces of darkness and the sins of lust. Ken�s ministry, True Knights is working everyday to help battle for the souls of men, women and children everywhere…for families just like yours! Education is the key. We cannot just sit by quietly and do nothing. Each and every baptized Catholic needs to do what they can to learn more about this issue and what we can do about it.

True Knights has plans of producing books, CDs and a new DVDs series to help educate men and women of the dangers of pornography for themselves and their families, especially on how to protect their children. There are also long range plans of a retreat center, counseling centers, a worldwide True Knights confraternity with a chapter in every diocese and the possibility of promoting a special series of conferences to promote sexual integrity for all Catholic men.

Kenneth Henderson is available to come and speak to your parish, conference or retreat to help by his own witness to educate about this problem and what can be done to defend against the attacks. You can contact him through the ministry website TrueKnights.org which has a lot of information for people so that they can get the help they need with many articles, resources, and materials available.

One of the resources that True Knights has available to help men break free is a recovery program available called ‘Combat Training’. Combat Training is personal confidential purity coaching to help men break free of sexual addictions. However, space is limited for personal one-on-one purity coaching, so to help reach even more people who suffer from this issue True Knights has parish based recovery groups called Purity Corps. There are also plans for a support group for wives.

Unfortunately, all of this takes money. The pornography industry is a worldwide industry that brings in almost $60 billion dollars and growing every year. True Knights does not have the kind of resources that are truly needed to be effective, but this is where you can help.

They urgently need your help to launch this campaign to help men, women, children and the fate of families everywhere. Your help is needed immediately. Your generous gift of $35 or $50 - or perhaps even $100, $500, $5000 or more… or whatever sacrifice you can possibly make - will help save many souls in the immortal war with immortal consequences against an unholy enemy.

Won’t you please help True Knights reach their goal of $125,000 with your generous contribution?

Perhaps your gift could help save your own family.

https://www.catholicfs.org/donation/trueknights/