Join us for coffee and conversation about research and teaching with faculty, students, administrators, and others interested in the intersections between Christianity and Communication Studies. Our desire is to continue the kinds of rich conversations we have during our face-to-face pre-conferences each year at the National Communication Association. We hope to strengthen and extend our relational bonds and sense of …
Summer Workshop, June 4, Teaching the Introductory Communication Course, with Bill Strom
[Learn more about other summer workshops in Faith and Communication] Teaching the Introductory Communication Course: A Covenantal Perspective for Integration, Student Self-Inquiry, and Classroom Engagement Lead Presenter/Facilitator: Bill Strom, Professor of Media + Communication at Trinity Western University Date/Time: Thursday, June 4, 2026 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: The introductory communication course offers a special …
Writing and Publishing Workshop, June 1, with Rodney Clapp, Cascade Books
[Learn more about other summer workshops in Faith and Communication] Word-Gardening: From Seed (Idea) to Fruit (Publication) Lead Presenter/Facilitator: Rodney Clapp, Editor, Cascade Books Date/Time: Monday, June 1, 2026 | 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 …
Summer Workshop, June 25, Teaching Intercultural Communication
Lead Presenters/Facilitators: L. Ripley Smith (Bethel University, St. Paul); Lily A. Arasaratnam-Smith (Alphacrucis University College, Australia) Date/Time: Thursday, June 25, 2026| 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: Teaching intercultural communication at Christian universities has become both necessary and complicated by increasingly plural and polarized societies and student bodies. When faced with interacting with people from different cultural …
A Prayer for Truthful Words, by Walter Hilton, 14th Century
“Lord, give me grace to order my speech to Thy will, that no word fall from my lips without truth, discretion, and charity. Keep my tongue from all idle noise, from harshness and from guile, and let my mouth be a well of comfort to those that hear me. Make my heart clean, that my speech may be clean; for …
Quote of the Week, The Mirror of the Mind, by John Wycliffe, 14th Century
“A truthful tongue is the mind’s clearest mirror.” –John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384) Source: John Wycliffe, Of the Seven Deadly Sins, in Select English Works of John Wyclif, ed. Thomas Arnold (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1869), 1:52. Reflection: How does my speech today serve or obscure the inner truthfulness that Wycliffe calls “the mind’s clearest mirror”?
June 18 Workshop, Forming Institutions that Flourishing, Registration Open
Lead Facilitators: Donna Elkins, Campbellsville University; Robert Woods, CCSN Executive Director Additional Presenters/Roundtable Discussants: Tom Carmody (Vanguard University); Shane Garrison (Campbellsville University); Jeff Groeling (Taylor University); Kate Mead (East Texas Baptist University); Perry Glanzer (Baylor University) Date/Time: Thursday, June 18, 2026 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: Administrators shape the conditions under which Christian teaching, scholarship, …
June 11 Workshop, Stewarding Studentship, Registration Open
Lead Facilitators: David Enns, GateWay Church; Elaine V. Fung, Regent University; Robert Woods (CCSN) Date/Time: Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: This workshop begins with communication graduate students sharing stories about how they integrate Christian faith into their student life. Next, a roundtable discussion will invite participants to exchange ideas and best …
June 8 Workshop, Raising the Wise Digital Native, Registration Open
[Learn more about other summer workshops in Faith and Communication] Raising the Wise Digital Native: Parenting with Faith, Courage, and Clarity Lead Presenters/Facilitators: Stacey Gerhart, California Baptist University; Garrett Gerhart, Life Bible Fellowship Church Date/Time: Monday, June 8, 2026 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: Technology is no longer just entertainment for kids. It is how …
A Prayer for Truthful Speech, by Isidore of Seville, 7th Century
“O Lord, set a watch upon my mouth and a guard upon my lips, that I may not speak what is false, nor utter what is vain. Purify my tongue from all deceit, my heart from all malice, and my mouth from every idle word. Grant that my speech may be chaste, my conversation honest, and my words seasoned with …
