Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story December entry: “The Moral Catechism of Sam Altman” Column Description: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story is a monthly column that illuminates old and new ideas about media ecology from a Christian perspective. Dr. Mitchell will explore what it means to bear God’s image and Christian witness in a …
New Book, Words that Shape Us: How America’s Most Influential Evangelical Magazines Craft the Narrative of Christian Culture
Words that Shape Us: How America’s Most Influential Evangelical Magazines Craft the Narrative of Christian Culture Now Available Author: Ken Waters Foreword: John Ferré Purchase on Amazon (Associates Link) Total pages: 242 Price: $25.00 Purchase on Ingramsparks Words that Shape Us: How America’s Most Influentia …. Waters, Ken and Ferré, John Buy Now Description Words That Shape Us explores evangelicalism’s influence …
Upcoming Webinar, The Pursuit of Interfaith Dialogue, with L. Ripley Smith
Title: The Pursuit of Interfaith Dialogue Presenter: L. Ripley Smith, PhD Date/Time: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6-7 pm EST Description: Interfaith dialogue is both a practice and a movement in response to long-running intergroup conflicts. Faith communities, in turn, are wrestling with the binary tension between increasing global interdependencies and preservation of orthodox identity. The webinar will address questions like: (1) …
A Prayer for Divine Guidance in Communication, by Gregory of Nazianzus, 4th Century
“Lord, give me words when I have to speak, and silence when I should not. May my tongue be guided by your wisdom, and my heart by your truth.” —Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329 – 389) Source: Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 2: In Defence of His Flight to Pontus, in St. Gregory of Nazianzus: Rhetorical and Philosophical Works, trans. and …
Quote of the Week, Spiritual Integrity of Everyday Speech, by William Law, 18th century
“Let nothing be said in your conversation that is vain, foolish, or ridiculous; but let all your discourse be such as becomes a servant of God.” —William Law (1686 – 1781) Source: William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (London: William Innys, 1729), 248. Question for reflection: In what ways does my daily conversation reflect the …
Book Review, The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences
Book Reviewed: Storm, Jason Ananda Josephson, The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences (University of Chicago Press, 2017). Journal of Christian Teaching Practice, Volume 12, 2025 (January – December) Reviewed By: David Dockery, Assistant Professor, William Carey University Reviewer Affiliation: William Carey University Total Pages: 400 ISBN-13: 978-0226403366 Students of religion are familiar …
Recorded Webinar, Honor Society Student Essay Competition Winners
Title: Student Essay Competition Winners, Kristos Logos Paideia Honor Society Presenters: Sunshine Tarpey (Palm Beach Atlantic University); Jason Gaston (William Carey University) Date/Time: Monday, September 15, 6-7 pm EST Description: The Kristos Logos Paideia Undergraduate Communication Honor Society is excited to invite you to our very 1st annual student presentations on “Faith and Communication.” Following our mission to encourage and …
Column Introduction, The Virtue of Smallness, by Clint Rothell
Column title: The Virtue of Smallness Column entry: The Virtue of Smallness, an Introduction By Clint Rothell Column Description: Pride is the childish pursuit of making the world, our family, friends, colleagues, and strangers small so that we can become large and more important. In this column, I focus on pride’s opposite: humility. In contrast to pride, humility is being …
A Prayer for a Tongue of Kindness, by Alcuin of York (c. 735-804)
“Grant me, O Lord, a tongue of kindness, that my words may heal and not wound, and that I may speak peace into the hearts of others.” -Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Source: Alcuin of York, The Bishops, Kings, and Saints of York, trans. Peter Godman (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982), p. 145.
Quote of the Week, Patient and Thoughtful Speech, Isidore of Seville, 7th Century
“Let your speech be patient and your silence thoughtful, for the wise man speaks so as to teach, not to wound.” —Isidore of Seville (c 560 – 636 AD) Source: Isidore of Seville, Sententiae, trans. Thomas L. Knoebel, in Isidore of Seville: Sententiae, vol. 3 of Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, ed. Thomas C. Oden …
