New Column, Leadership Life Stories, by Chris Hamstra

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Column Title: Leadership Life Stories: Communicating and Leading through Your Story Column Entry: “Introducing Leadership Life Stories: Engaging the Power Of Stories” By Chris Hamstra, PhD, Davenport University Description: There is a power when people come together to share stories. As people of faith, the practice and process of storytelling helps us understand ourselves, our communities, and our organizations. When combined with leadership, …

Column Entry, Fanning the Flame, “The Burden and Beauty of Our Task,” by Joseph Bird

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Column Title: Fanning the Flame: Reigniting the Joy of Christian Communication for Pastor, Pew, and Public Column Entry: “The Burden and Beauty of Our Task” By Joseph Bird, PhD, MDiv, William Carey University Column Description: Preaching and teaching are public communication art and science, but never easy. It is especially difficult when we lose the joy we once had to effectively communicate …

Let’s Talk Family, Column Entry, “Let’s Talk Limit-Setting”

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Column: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing Column entry: “Let’s Talk Limit-Setting” By Jonathan Pettigrew, PhD, Arizona State University; Diane Badzinski, PhD, Colorado Christian University Column Description: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing is a monthly column offering a space to consider research-based, biblically-sound practices for family communication. We all have families. And we …

Column Entry, Refusing “Godlike” Power: A Lenten Reflection, by John Hatch

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Column title: Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication Column entry: Refusing “Godlike” Power: A Lenten Reflection By John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University (retired) CCSN Senior Fellow Column Description: As Christians, we are called to have the mind of Christ. This goes against the grain of our social and cultural conditioning. We seek personal or political advancement; Christ seeks …

Book of Interest, FDR and the Foundations of American Insecurity, by Chernus and Fowler

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[From the Author] “The book addresses the role Christianity played in Roosevelt’s foreign policy and domestic rhetoric during his political career prior to the presidency (1912-1932) as well as during the New Deal era. While the book is not overtly about Christianity, it very much outlines the cocktail of various ideologies (Christianity included) that FDR blended and deployed over the …

Column Entry, “What is Faithful Witness?”, Part 1, by Mark Allan Steiner

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Column Title: Faithful Witness: Speaking and Living Truth in Public Life Column Entry: “What Is Faithful Witness? (Part 1): Stephen Carter on Religion and Politics” By Mark Allan Steiner, PhD, Christopher Newport University Column Description: It is all too often true that American Christians, just as the Apostle Paul warned against in Romans 12:2, are conformed to the pattern of …

New Vlog entry, Forgiveness and Communication, by Stephanie Bennett

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 Description: Do you find it difficult to truly forgive someone? Without it, a relationship will not flourish. Forgiving and receiving forgiveness is something that is a process, one that is more than words. It paves a way for healing and relational restoration. We talk about that today using a terrific new book on Family Communication, written by Jonathan Petigrew …