Prayer for Divine-human Communication Almighty Creator, I seek Your comforting presence in this moment. Allow me to open my spiritual ears and listen to Your sound wisdom as Your kindness shuts out the noise of life. Guide my heart towards things falling gently into place, according to Your divine plan for me. Nearly anything can be accomplished with Your guidance; …
Quote of the Week, What is the Truth?, by Jacques Ellul
“The Reality is that all is vanity, and the Truth is that everything is a gift of God. Reality prevents the Truth from being an evasion, while the Truth prevents Reality from being hopeless.” –Jacques Ellul, Reason For Being (Meditations on Ecclesiastes)
New Digital Journal Issue from the Wendt Character Initiative: Character and . . . Play
New Digital Journal Issue from the Wendt Character Initiative: Character and . . . Play Ever thought about how play figures into moral character, or vice versa? The Wendt Character Initiative’s latest issue does just that, with articles focusing in on character and play through varying lenses and disciplines. Be sure to read the response article, written by your CCSN colleague …
Let’s Talk Family, Column Entry, “Leaving a Legacy: What Matters Most?”
Column: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing Column entry: “Leaving a Legacy: What Matters Most?” 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 …
Quote of the Week, Give Careful Thought to Your Ways
“Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.’ This is what the …
A Prayer for Communication in Grief and Loss
Prayer for Communication in Grief and Loss Infinite Compassion, when speech is feeble and emotions intertwined, I ask that You grant me the right words to convey my pain and sorrow. As I maneuver the rocky waves of grief and loss, may Your divine guidance bring consolation, empathy, and unity among loved ones. Tender Father, comfort our aching hearts as …
Quote of the Week on Humility, by Thomas Merton
“. . . humility consists in being precisely the person you actually are before God, and since no two people are alike, if you have the humility to be yourself you will not be like anyone else in the whole universe.” —Thomas Merton, Seeds of Contemplation (New Directions Books, 1949), p. 66.
Coming in December, New Book, Communicating for Life, by Quentin Schultze
Communicating for Life: Christian Stewardship in Community and Media (Updated and Expanded Edition) Available, Dec. 2023 Author: Quentin J. Schultze Foreword by Martin E. Marty Paperback ISBN: 978-1-959685-09-8 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-959685-10-4 LCCN: 2023949050 Total Pages: 330 [Return to Integratio Press] DESCRIPTION In this updated and expanded edition, the author invites professors of communication and media to reflect on each chapter …
Coming in December, New Book, Directing Theater: A Christian Perspective, by Gillette Elvgren
Directing Theater: A Christian Perspective Available December 2023 Author: Gillette Elvgren Isbn paperback: 978-1-959685-07-4 Isbn ebook: 978-1-959685-08-1 LCCN: 2023945333 Total pages: 250 Price: $25.00 [Return to Integratio Press] [Other Integratio Press books by Gillette Elvgren] DESCRIPTION The author brings a career of academic and professional directing experience to inform readers how to select, prepare, and mount a production for the …
A Prayer for Clear Communication
Prayer for Clear Communication Oh, gracious Lord, we come to You today inspired by the wisdom of Proverbs 15:2, which says that the tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness. We humbly seek Your divine guidance in improving our communication, that we may speak with kindness and truth. May our conversations be …
