Prayer Lord Jesus, my Rock and my Redeemer, I want the words that I speak or text or send via any form of digital messaging today to be pleasing to You. Help me to know, by Your Spirit, what is pleasing to your ears. A prayer based on Psalm 19:14 “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of …
Column entry, “Christian Family Practice: Spiritual Disciplines,” by Pettigrew and Badzinski
Column: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing Column entry: “Christian Family Practice: Spiritual Disciplines” 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. …
Column entry, Royle Watcher, by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story September entry: “Royle Watchers” (October 2024) 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 mediated world, …
Quote of the Week, Accountability, by G.K. Chesterton
“Both men and women ought to face more fully the things they do or cause to be done; face them or leave off doing them.” G.K. Chesterton, in The Quotable Chesterton: The Wit and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton, by Kevin Belmonte.
Column entry, The Fundamental Political Choice: Fear or Love?, by John Hatch
Column title: Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication Column entry: The Fundamental Political Choice: Fear or Love? 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 …
Quote of the Week, Bad Company Creates Bad Communication, 1 Cor. 15:33
“Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.’” (1 Corinthians 15:33, New International Version) Question: In what ways does your communication reflect the kind of “company” you keep?
Column entry, “My Foolishness and God’s Wisdom,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story September entry: “My Foolishness and God’s Wisdom” (September 2024) 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 …
Recent Vlog Entry, Why Interpersonal Communication Matters, with Stephanie Bennett
Why Intrapersonal Communication Matters Description: Many will agree that strong listening skills are the most important part of the process of communication, but even as we become better at listening to others, we often forget to listen to the loving Voice of God within us. Sometimes the voice within us is not of God, but it is our own inner …
A Liturgy Before Writing, by Malcolm Guite
A Liturgy Before Writing, by Malcolm Guite  O Word through whom the world was made, Word in whom all words are graced, I thank you for speaking me into being, and I thank you that, made in your image, I am privileged with the gift  of speech and language, allowed by you to be a Word-Bearer. Now, as I …
A Prayer for Covenant with God, by John Wesley
Wesley’s Covenant Prayer “I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me …
