EP 40: Finding the Stories that Echo Our Faith with Dennis Kellogg
The Engaged Parish Podcast
Your parish has stories that could change someone's life–you just have to go find them and tell them well. In this episode of The Engaged Parish Podcast, recorded live at the 2026 Catholic Media Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, host Mike Josephs sits down with Dennis Kellogg, Director of Communications for the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. After 35 years in broadcast journalism, Dennis brought his storytelling skills into diocesan ministry, and he's using them to help parishioners encounter Christ in the stories of the people around them. Dennis shares the story of a young girl's miraculous recovery, the last recorded testimony of a convert who was about to lose his voice, the diocese's "Echoes of Faith" project (30 stories in 30 days honoring the faithful departed), and how Bishop James Conley's year-long "humanities syllabus" columns are now becoming a book with Word on Fire. He closes with a simple word of encouragement for every overwhelmed comms director: pick one thing, and do it well. Subscribe to The Engaged Parish Podcast for more conversations that help parish and diocesan communicators grow in mission and ministry. Available now on Fio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, and YouTube. Explore digital tools built for your parish's mission at eCatholic.com.