Greetings, CCSN Community. As the year comes to a close, we want to thank you for your support of the CCSN community and invite you to continue to support our efforts moving forward. As you know, like any non-profit, everything we are able to do and our long-term impact runs off the generosity of financial partners and donors who are …
Last Webinar of 2025, Dec. 17, Charting, Coding, and Curating the Christianese Lexicon
Title of Presentation: A Living Dialect of Faith: Charting, Coding, and Curating the Christianese Lexicon Presenter: David Enns, PhD, GateWay Bible Church, Santa Cruz, CA Date/Time: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 6-7 pm EST Description: From prayer warrior to quiet time, the insider language of faith—Christianese—is a powerful dialect that both unites believers and confuses outsiders. This webinar explores the first systematic, data-driven analysis …
Quote of the week, A Consecrated Tongue, by Irenaeus, 2nd Century
“For the tongue, which is our instrument of speech, should be consecrated to truth, not to error.” —Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 120/140 – c. 203) Source: Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, in Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885), 455. Reflective Question: How does Irenaeus’s insistence that speech be “consecrated …
A Prayer for True and Gentle Speech, by Athenagoras of Athens, 2nd Century
“Grant, O Lord, that our words may be seasoned with truth and gentleness, that in speaking we may neither wound nor deceive, but bear witness to Your wisdom. May our tongues be instruments of peace, and our speech a mirror of the Word made flesh, so that in all discourse we glorify You.” –Athenagoras of Athens (c. 133 – 190) …
Still time to Register, Upcoming Webinar, “A Living Dialect of Faith,” with David Enns
Title of Presentation: A Living Dialect of Faith: Charting, Coding, and Curating the Christianese Lexicon Presenter: David Enns, PhD, GateWay Bible Church, Santa Cruz, CA Date/Time: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 6-7 pm EST Description: From prayer warrior to quiet time, the insider language of faith—Christianese—is a powerful dialect that both unites believers and confuses outsiders. This webinar explores the first systematic, data-driven analysis …
Quote of the Week, Teaching, Not Wounding, by Isidore of Seville, 7th Century
“Let your speech be patient and your silence thoughtful, for the wise man speaks so as to teach, not to wound.” —Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636) Source: Isidore of Seville, Sententiae, trans. Thomas L. Knoebel, in Isidore of Seville: Sententiae, vol. 3 of Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, ed. Thomas C. Oden (New York: Newman …
Coming Soon from Integratio Press, Devotionals on the Teaching Life, by John Dunaway
Minding Our Hearts: Devotionals on the Teaching Life for Christian Professors Available 2026 Editor: John Marson Dunaway Total pages: 240 [View book on Integratio Press website] Description This collection of 52 devotionals is designed for college or university professors, so all entries are connected to some aspect of faculty life: the classroom experience, research, or participation in the …
Quote of the Week, Fittingness in Communication, Thomas Aquinas
“Words should be fitting, neither excessive nor lacking, so that speech may edify and not offend.” — Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 – 1274) Source: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, II–II, q. 72, a. 1, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (New York: Benziger Brothers, 1947), 2:72. Reflection: In my daily conversations, how can I discern when to speak with restraint …
Job Announcement, Faculty, Dept. Head, Great Northern University
Great Northern University Faculty Search: Program Head Communication Great Northern University is a fully accredited Christian liberal arts university in Spokane, Washington. GNU was founded in 2018 by a group of faculty who were driven by their faith in Jesus and the need for biblically-grounded education in the Inland Northwest. That biblical grounding includes a required Bible minor (six courses) …
Upcoming Webinar, Dec. 17, A Living Dialect of Faith: Charting, Coding, and Curating the Christianese Lexicon
Title of Presentation: A Living Dialect of Faith: Charting, Coding, and Curating the Christianese Lexicon Presenter: David Enns, PhD, GateWay Bible Church, Santa Cruz, CA Date/Time: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 6-7 pm EST Description: From prayer warrior to quiet time, the insider language of faith—Christianese—is a powerful dialect that both unites believers and confuses outsiders. This webinar explores the first systematic, data-driven analysis …
