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Sally
Conway's Bio |
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EDUCATION |
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M.S., |
Human
Development and Family Ecology, University of
Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. |
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B.S., |
Education,
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Attended
Sterling College, Sterling, KS
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TEACHING
AND CARING EXPERIENCE |
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1981-to date |
Co-founder and President of Midlife
Dimensions, a non-profit organization ministering to people at various
stages of life through radio, TV, conferences, books and pamphlets, tapes,
and telephone and letter counseling |
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1981-1986 |
Adjunct
instructor and Coordinator of Women's Concerns at
Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La
Mirada, California. |
Co-instructor
of D.Min. and M.Div. courses at Talbot School of
Theology, Biola University, CA and Denver
Seminary, CO. (1981--1994)
Adjunct
instructor or lecturer at University of
Nebraska, NE; Gordon College, MA; Sterling
College, KS; Taylor University, IN; Spring Arbor
College, MI; Loma Linda University, CA; Kettering
Medical School, OH; Grace Bible College, NE; St.
Paul Bible College, MN; Columbia School of
Biblical Education, SC; Fuller Theological
Seminary, CA; Denver Seminary, CO; Covenant
Seminary, MO, Talbot Seminary, California.
Pastor's
wife for over thirty years
Teacher of Christian Education
classes and leader of various committees in local
churches
Elementary school teacher,
including remedial reading specialist
Executive secretary for
Christian and secular organizations |
| CREATIVE
WORKS
Books
Author, YOUR HUSBAND'S MIDLIFE CRISIS,
David C. Cook Publishing Company, 1980. Now in
13th U.S. printing and in two foreign languages;
250,000 in print.
Author, MENOPAUSE, Zondervan
Publishing Company, 1990.
Author, WHEN A MATE WANTS OUT,
Zondervan Publishing Company, 1992. 25,000 in
print.
Co-author with Jim Conway, WOMEN IN
MIDLIFE CRISIS, Tyndale House Publishers,
1983. Revised and updated 1998. Now in 11th
printing, 175,000 in print, one foreign language.
Co-author with Jim Conway, MAXIMIZE
YOUR MIDLIFE, Tyndale House Publishers,
1987. Revised 1998. 35,000 in print.
Co-author with Jim Conway, YOUR
MARRIAGE CAN SURVIVE MIDLIFE CRISIS,
Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1987. Third printing;
45,000 in print. (Out of Print 1990)
Co-author with Becki Conway Sanders and Jim
Conway, WHAT GOD GIVES WHEN LIFE
TAKES/TRUSTING GOD IN A FAMILY CRISIS,
InterVarsity Press, 1989, 1992. 40,000 in print.
Co-author with Jim Conway, TRAITS OF A
LASTING MARRIAGE, InterVarsity Press,
1991. 20,000 in print.
Co-author with Jim Conway, SEXUAL
HARASSMENT NO MORE, InterVarsity
Press,1993.
Co-author with Jim Conway, Bill and Pam Farrel,
PURE PLEASURE, InterVarsity,
1994.
Co-author with Jim Conway, MOVING ON
AFTER HE MOVES OUT, InterVarsity Press,
January 1995 .
Contributor, YOUR FAMILY,
InterVarsity Press, Inc., 1982.
Contributor, REAL PEOPLE,
Creative Publishing, Great Britain, 1983.
Contributor, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR
TODAY'S CHRISTIAN WOMAN, Fleming H.
Revell Company, 1984.
Contributor, PARENTS AND TEENAGERS,
Victor Books, 1984.
Contributor, DICTIONARY FOR PASTORAL
CARE AND COUNSELING, Abingdon Press,
1988.
Contributor, HUSBANDS AND WIVES, Victor
Books, 1988.
Contributor, HOW TO GET YOUR TEENAGER
TO TALK TO YOU, Victor Books, 1988.
Contributor, HOW TO RAISE CHRISTIAN
KIDS IN A NON-CHRISTIAN WORLD, Victor
Books, 1988.
Contributor, THE GREATEST LESSON I'VE
EVER LEARNED, Here's Life Publishers,
1990.
Contributor, THE RESOURCE GUIDE FOR
CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS, Baker Book House,
1993
Contributor, THE MAKING OF A MARRIAGE,
Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993
Contributor, COUPLES' DEVOTIONAL BIBLE,
The New International Version, Zondervan
Publishing House, 1994
Contributor, HEART TO HEART WITH
PASTORS' WIVES, Regal Books, 1994
Contributor, PARENTS RESOURCE BIBLE,
The New Living Bible, Tyndale House Publishers,
Inc., 1995
Contributor, THE WORLD FROM MY KITCHEN
WINDOW, Here's Life Publishers, 1995.
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| Articles
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Co-author, column, "Life
at the Crossroads," Today's Christian
Woman, 1982 1984.
Author of articles in magazines
such as Christian Herald, Partnership,
and Decision.
Co-author of articles in
magazines such as Leadership, Moody
Monthly, HIS, Today's Christian
Woman, Marriage Partnership, and
others.
Sally and Jim have served on the Advisory Board
for Marriage Partnership magazine
for several years. She has also been featured in
various local newspapers and monthly magazines.
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Tapes
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Author, 90-minute tape, MENOPAUSE,
Audio Pages, Zondervan Publishing House, 1990
Co-author with Jim Conway,
60-minute tape, Women in Midlife Crisis,
Word Publishing Co., 1987
Co-author with Jim Conway, four
60-minute tapes, Maximizing Your Midlife Years,
Word Publishing Co., 1987
Contributor, 12-cassette album,
To Be a Woman, James C. Dobson, Word
Publishing Co., 1982
Contributor, 60-minute tape, The
Family in Crisis, Christian Living Resources,
1986
Contributor with Jim, 60-min. tape, Raising
Children in a Parsonage,
Focus on the Family’s Pastor to Pastor series.
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| CONFERENCE
AND RETREAT LEADERSHIP
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Conway has led conferences and retreats on
marriage and family relationships, midlife
concerns, women's issues, friendship skills,
pastoral and leadership training, dysfunctional
family, college student life, developmental life
passages, and general Christian living in
churches, seminaries, and colleges in the United
States, Canada, Central and South America, Europe,
Asia, Australia and Africa.
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| MEDIA
EXPERIENCE
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Sally
Conway has appeared on national and local TV and
radio programs some of which include "Focus
on the Family," "Mid-Morning LA,"
"Michael Jackson Talk Radio," "700
Club" (CBN), "Straight Talk" (CBN),
"On the Line" (CBN), "Heart to
Heart" (CBN), "100 Huntley Street"
(Toronto), "Richard Hogue Weekdays,"
"Regis Philben Show," "Joy" (TBN),
"Back on Course" with Gavin & Patti
MacLeod, "Faithways" (LA),
"COPE" (Dallas), "Celebration"
(Chicago), "Guidelines" (International
TV), and many others.
Co-founder and co-director of "MIDLIFE
DIMENSIONS," a national radio ministry which
aired daily on 200 stations in the mid 80's. |
| HONORS
AND AWARDS
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Who's
Who in the West--Contemporary Authors--1994
Who's Who in the West--1995
Who's Who in the World--1996
The Worlds Who's Who of Women--1997
Member Kappa Delta Pi
Member International Platform Association
Graduated magna cum laude, University of Illinois,
1974
Distinguished Parents' Award, Taylor University,
1980
Distinguished Alumni Award, Sterling College, 1984
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| SALLY'S
DEATH
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died May 1997 after a seven year battle with
breast cancer. The story of her last year is
chronicled in the largest paper in Southern
California, The Register, Orange County,
California.
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| Husband |
| Jim
Conference speaker; author; Co-founder and
President of Christian Living Resources; former
director of the Doctor of Ministry program and
associate professor of Practical Theology, Talbot
School of Theology, Biola University; former
pastor for over 30 years; B.S., M.Div., M.A.,
D.Min., and Ph.D.
Author of MEN IN MIDLIFE CRISIS,
FRIENDSHIP, ADULT CHILDREN OF LEGAL OR EMOTIONAL
DIVORCE, MAKING REAL FRIENDS IN A PHONY WORLD,
SEXUAL HARASSMENT NO MORE. Co-author of
WOMEN IN MIDLIFE CRISIS, MAXIMIZE YOUR MIDLIFE
CRISIS, YOUR MARRIAGE CAN SURVIVE MIDLIFE CRISIS,
WHAT GOD GIVES WHEN LIFE TAKES/TRUSTING GOD IN A
FAMILY CRISIS, TRAITS OF A LASTING MARRIAGE, WHEN
A MATE WANTS OUT, PURE PLEASURE and
MOVING ON WHEN HE MOVES OUT .
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| Daughters
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| Barbara
Psychologist in private practice; Psy.D. Rosemead
School of Psychology; M.A. in Psychology, Rosemead
School of Psychology; M.A. in Marriage, Family,
and Child Counseling, Rosemead School of
Psychology; B.S., Taylor University; Youth for
Christ/Campus Life 1978-81. Married to Michael B.
Schneider, B.A., M.A., M.B.A.; design architect
and developer. Daughters: Carlene, born 7-7-90,
and Kiersten, born 12-14-93 Reside in Redmond, WA.
Brenda Home school
teacher, dramatist; lay counselor; spiritual
healing instructor; learning disability seminar
speaker; B.A. Taylor University. Married to Marc
Russell, B.A., M.S. in Clinical and Community
Psychology; counselor with Midlife Dimensions for
four years; corporate personnel director.
Children: Nathan, born 7-8-81, Samuel, 12-29-84,
Davidson, 10-7-88, Hannah, 4-28-92, and John,
3-11-94. Reside in Lansing, MI.
Becki Conference
speaker; author; recreation therapist; attended
Taylor University; B.S. California Polytechnic
University; nationally certified handicapped ski
instructor. Co-author with Jim and Sally Conway, WHAT
GOD GIVES WHEN LIFE TAKES/TRUSTING GOD IN A FAMILY
CRISIS. Married to Robert Walters, B.A.; support engineer at Boise State University
in Boise, ID. Daughters: Hayden, born 10-30-87, Emily, born 7-7-90, and Addie born
6-13-94. Twins born June 2002, Reside in Meridian, ID. |
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