Column Title: Fanning the Flame: Reigniting the Joy of Christian Communication for Pastor, Pew, and Public Column Entry: “Our Helper” 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 God’s Word. This column aims …
Quote of the Week, The Sacred in Joy, Leonard Sweet
“Where you find joy, there is the sacred around the corner.” —Leonard Sweet, SpiritVenture Ministries, author, professor, and teacher, one of Time Magazine’s twenty-five most influential evangelicals in America in 2005
A Prayer to God the Father, by St. Irenaeus of Lyons
Prayer to God the Father I appeal to you, Lord, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob and Israel, You the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Infinitely merciful as You are, it is Your will that we should learn to know You. You made heaven and earth, You rule supreme over all that is. You are the …
Coming Soon, May 2024, Unwrapping the Gift of Communication: Theoretical Applications and Biblical Wisdom for Relationships that Thrive
Unwrapping the Gift of Communication: Theoretical Applications and Biblical Wisdom for Relationships that Thrive Available, May 2024 Author: Kevin T. Jones Foreword: Diane M. Badzinski Total Pages: 168 Price: $20.00 [Return to Integratio Press] DESCRIPTION Unwrapping the Gift of Communication provides readers with theoretically sound principles and guidelines for relational communication. God created human beings with the gift …
Coming Soon, May 2024, Just Words: Lessons of Ancient Education, Classical Rhetoric, and Pagan Religion for a Post-Christian World
Just Words: Lessons of Ancient Education, Classical Rhetoric, and Pagan Religion for a Post-Christian World Available May 2024 Author: Mark A. E. Williams Foreword: J. Matthew Melton ISBN paperback: 978-1-959685-11-1 ISBN ebook: 978-1-959685-12-8 LCCN TBA Total Pages: 330 Price: $30.00 [Return to Integratio Press] DESCRIPTION What do we expect from our words? And what if those very expectations were not …
Quote of the Week, The Expression of Joy, by Pope Francis
“There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter. I realize of course that joy is not expressed the same way at all times in life, especially at moments of great difficulty. Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of life born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we …
A Prayer for Good Humor, by St. Thomas More
“Prayer for Good Humor” Grant me, O Lord, good digestion, and also something to digest. Grant me a healthy body, and the necessary good humor to maintain it. Grant me a simple soul that knows to treasure all that is good and that doesn’t frighten easily at the sight of evil, but rather finds the means to put things back …
Quote of the Week, Your Legacy, by Leonard Sweet
All good things must come to an end. All lives must come to an end. All good lives must come to an end. But the legacies, and memories, of those good things and good lives can last forever. –reflections after reading Ann Wroe, The Economist Book of Obituaries (2008).
Column Entry, Eastertide: “He Lives, Though Ever Crucified,” by John Hatch
Column title: Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication Column entry: Eastertide: “He Lives, Though Ever Crucified” 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 …
New Vlog Entry, Social Media and the Power of Conversation, by Stephanie Bennett
Description: It’s easy to depersonalize someone if our major way of knowing that person is via social media. Social media provide a virtual space, and there are benefits of that type of connection, but if we are longing for closeness with others we’ve got to invest time in a shared space–a space where we can cultivate close relationship, learn to …
