“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” –Proverbs 15:1 (New International Version) Questions for reflection: what does a “gentle” answer look or sound like? Is it difficult for you to be “gentle” with your communication? What makes your communication “harsh”?
A Prayer to God the Father, St. Ambrose of Milan, 4th Century
Prayer to God the Father O Lord, who has mercy upon all, take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in me the fire of Your Holy Spirit. Take away from me the heart of stone, and give me a heart of flesh, a heart to love and adore You, a heart to delight in You, to follow and …
June 30 Workshop, Faith, Community, and Student Life
[Return to main workshops/conferences 2025 page] Lead Presenters/Facilitators: Brandon Knight, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication, William Carey University; Elaine V. Fung, Regent University Additional Presenters: David Dockery, Texas A&M; Candace Saunders-Grewe, Regent University; Ines Petrovic García, Regent University; David Enns, Liberty University Date/Time: Monday, June 30, 2025 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: In this …
Prayer of Thanksgiving for Adoption, by Terri Lynn Cornwell
Prayer of Thanksgiving for Adoption, from Your Adopted Children Let us pray. Loving, God, for the many ways adoption has touched our lives here on earth, We thank you. For the joy brought to parents who have achieved the dream of a family through adoption, We thank you. For the special happiness added to families by an adopted brother, …
Column entry, “The Image of God and ‘The Narrow Path’ to AI Sanity,” by Elizabeth McLaughlin
Column Title: Communitas Column Entry: “The Image of God and ‘The Narrow Path’ to AI Sanity” Column Description: The term Communitas refers to an unstructured community of equal members often traveling from one place to another. Like the characters in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, we are fellow pilgrims on the road towards the Father’s house, following Jesus as the way, truth, …
Column entry, “The Masters, the Master, and Love Belied,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story December entry: “The Masters, the Master, and Love Belied” 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 …
Quote of the Week, Relevant Words, Abba Or, Desert Father
“Abba Or said to his disciple Paul, ‘Be careful never to let an irrelevant word come into this cell.’” —Abba Or, Desert Father Questions for reflection: What makes our words and messages “irrelevant” instead of “relevant” in a given situation? Is this determined by the sender? Receiver? Both? Neither?
A Prayer of St. Patrick, Christ in All Things, Fifth Century
Christ shield me this day: Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in …
Quote of the Week, Progress and Silence, by St. John of the Cross
“What we need most in order to make progress is to be silent before this great God with our appetite and with our tongue, for the language He best hears is silent love.”[i] –Saint John of the Cross (1542 – 1591) [i] Cross, St. John of the. “Sayings of Light and Love,” Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez. In …
A Prayer, Thy Will Be Done, by Gillette Elvgren
Thy Will Be Done Lord God, I know that Jesus submitted to your will—totally. I struggle with this Lord, because though I try and disguise or hide it, I’m really asking too often that my will be done rather than yours. I want to join that symphony in heaven playing an instrument and hitting all the right notes and not …
