CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Journal of Christian Teaching Practice Student use of laptops and mobile phones in our classrooms is a topic guaranteed to prompt a (sometimes heated) discussion. Some of us ban all electronics in the classroom, while others find ways to incorporate them into student learning. In between are a myriad of other strategies we use to respond to …
Summer Workshop, Habits of the Mind: Principles of Thought for the Christian Professor
[Return to main workshops/conferences 2025 page] Lead Facilitator: Robert Woods, Executive Director, Christianity and Communication Studies Network; Visiting Scholar Additional Presenters: Geri Forsberg, Western Washington University; Jim Cook, Exec. Director, Academic Connections; Bethan Willis, Oxford; Terry Halliday, Research Professor Emeritus at the American Bar Foundation Date/Time: Thursday, June 19, 2025 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE …
Now Open, Summer Workshop, Summer Workshop, Teaching Visual Storytelling: Curriculum Ideas For Students
[Return to main workshops/conferences 2025 page] Presenter/Facilitator: Lance Croy, Assistant Professor Communication+Media+Arts at Providence Christian College Pasadena, CA. Date/Time: Monday, June 16, 2025 11:30 am – 3 pm PST REGISTER HERE Description: The digital humanities acknowledge the importance of visuals in knowledge creation. For many students, transmitting ideas from their heads into a physical medium is challenging. When it …
Now Open, Summer Workshop, AI for Admin & Faculty: How do we work with this… thing?
[Return to main workshops/conferences 2025 page] Lead Presenter/Facilitator: Kevin Schut, Program Lead, Game Development; Professor, Media + Communication, Trinity Western University Additional Presenters: Scott Macklin, Associate Vice President, Trinity Western University Online; Colin Madland, Director, Technology Integrated Learning and Assessment, Trinity Western University; Barish Golland, Senior Learning Technology Specialist, Trinity Western University; Stuart Schellenberg, Chief Information Officer, Trinity Western University Date/Time: …
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 …
Summer Workshop, Teaching the Introductory Communication Course: A Covenantal Perspective for Integration, Student Self-Inquiry, and Classroom Engagement, with Bill Strom
[Return to main workshops/conferences 2025 page to view all 10 events] Lead Presenter/Facilitator: Bill Strom, Professor of Media + Communication at Trinity Western University Date/Time: Monday, June 9, 2025 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: The introductory communication course offers a special opportunity for instructors to lay a foundation for student expectations in the program …
Summer Workshop, Strategies for Cultivating a Writing and Publishing Agenda while Teaching Full-time, with Robert Woods
[Return to main workshops/conferences 2025 page to view all 10 events] Lead Presenter/Facilitator: Robert Woods, Executive Director, Christianity and Communication Studies Network Date/Time: Thursday, June 5, 2025 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: Faculty and administrators in Christian higher education who desire to write and publish are faced with unique challenges, including heavy teaching and …
Summer Workshop, Word-Gardening: From Seed (Idea) to Fruit (Publication), with Rodney Clapp
[Return to main workshops/conferences 2025 page to view all 10 events] Lead Presenter/Facilitator: Rodney Clapp, Editor, Cascade Books Date/Time: Monday, June 2, 2025 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: Drawing on nearly fifty years’ work editing newspapers, magazines, and books, Rodney Clapp offers tips and guidance for the span of the writing process—from nurturing an …
Vlog entry, Reality of the Spiritual World, by Stephanie Bennett
In this entry . . . This week we read and discuss a book titled Reality of the Spiritual World. Thomas Kelly is the author of this gem-of- a-book. In it, he discusses the three stages of the spiritual life and helps us understand how we might nurture a more civil discourse in the midst of an increasingly divisive media …
