Column Title: Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance Column Entry: “Whose Faith Is It, Anyway?” By Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento February 2025 / January 2025 / July 2024 / June 2024 / May 2024 / November 2022 / October 2022 / March 2022 / February 2022 / November 2021 / …
Column entry, “Lovebird Elegy,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story December entry: “Lovebird Elegy” 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, with a …
A Prayer for All People, by John Chrysostom
For All People Remember, O Lord, this city wherein we dwell and every other city and country, and all the faithful who dwell in them. Remember, O Lord, all who travel by land or water, all that labour under sickness or slavery; remember them for health and safety. Remember, O Lord, those in Thy Holy Church who bring forth good …
Quote of the Week, Words that Bless or Defile
“Listen and understand. What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.” (New International Version) –Jesus in Matthew 15:10-11 Questions for reflection: when and how does your communication “defile” you? What daily practices and habits do you practice to help your communication bless others?
Quote of the Week, Your Communication “Fruit,” Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” –Galatians 5:22-23, New International Version Question for Reflection: What daily communication habits and practices do you cultivate to produce such fruit in your life and the lives of others?
A Prayer for God’s Guidance, Fifth Century, Gelasian Sacramentary
For God’s Guidance O Lord, from Whom all good things do come; grant to us, Thy humble servants, that by Thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by Thy merciful guiding may perform the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. —Gelasian Sacramentary, 5th Century
Column Entry, “Faith and Victory,” by Mark Williams
Column Title: Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance Column Entry: “Faith and Victory” By Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento January 2025 / July 2024 / June 2024 / May 2024 / November 2022 / October 2022 / March 2022 / February 2022 / November 2021 / October 2021Â / September 2021Â / August …
Still time to register, upcoming webinar, Accountable for our Words: Confronting Online Incivility, with Tim Muehlhoff
Title: Accountable for our Words: Confronting Online Incivility Presenter: Tim Muehlhoff, PhD, Professor, Biola University Date/Time: January 30, 6-7 pm EDT Description: As educators and communication scholars, are we simply to resign ourselves to the vitriol and harsh judgements prevalent to online communication? If the internet is the new public square, how can we encourage civil discourse as we disagree? How …
Book Review, The Four Voices of Preaching: Communicating Faith in a Connected World
Book Reviewed: Robert Stephen Reid, The Four Voices of Preaching: Communicating Faith in a Connected World, rev. ed. (Pasco, WA: Integratio Press, 2024). Journal of Christian Teaching Practice, Volume 12, 2025 (January – December) Reviewed By: Rob O’Lynn, D.Min. Reviewer Affiliation: Kentucky Christian University Total Pages: 248 ISBN-13: 978-1-959685-17-3 I first came across the work of Robert Stephen Reid …
Column Entry, “How an Empty Manger Helped Me See Jesus,” by Chris Hamstra
Column Title: Leadership Life Stories: Communicating and Leading through Your Story Column Entry: “How an Empty Manger Helped Me See Jesus” 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, stories …
