Prayer of Thanksgiving for Adoption, from Your Adopted Children Let us pray. Loving, God, for the many ways adoption has touched our lives here on earth, We thank you. For the joy brought to parents who have achieved the dream of a family through adoption, We thank you. For the special happiness added to families by an adopted brother, …
Quote of the Week, Uncomfortable Situations, by C.S. Lewis
“Surely what a man does when he is in an uncomfortable situation is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.” —C.S. Lewis Questions for reflection: How do “uncomfortable situations” effect your words and messages? What evidence does your communication provide about the “sort of person” you are?
June 25 Workshop, Academic Play: How Games Can Be a Part of Your University Curriculum
[Return to main workshops/conferences 2025 page] Lead Presenter/Facilitator: Kevin Schut, Trinity Western University Additional Presenters: Brad Hickey (Dordt University), David Dockery, Texas A & M University Date/Time: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: Games often have a bad reputation in educated and Christian circles: time wasters, violent, and addictive, depending on …
June 23 Workshop, Pastor Theologian as Communicator (Pastor, Pew, and Public Workshop Series)
[Return to main workshops/conferences 2025 page] Lead Facilitator: Brandon Knight, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication, William Carey University Additional Presenters: Kevin J. Vanhoozer; Rick Langer, Biola University; Tim Muehlhoff, Biola University; Jim Beitler, Wheaton College; Andy Baker, Lead Pastor, FBC Oloh Date/Time: Monday, June 23, 2025 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: How can pastors be …
Column entry, “The Image of God and ‘The Narrow Path’ to AI Sanity,” by Elizabeth McLaughlin
Column Title: Communitas Column Entry: “The Image of God and ‘The Narrow Path’ to AI Sanity” Column Description: The term Communitas refers to an unstructured community of equal members often traveling from one place to another. Like the characters in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, we are fellow pilgrims on the road towards the Father’s house, following Jesus as the way, truth, …
Column entry, “The Masters, the Master, and Love Belied,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story December entry: “The Masters, the Master, and Love Belied” 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 …
Quote of the Week, Relevant Words, Abba Or, Desert Father
“Abba Or said to his disciple Paul, ‘Be careful never to let an irrelevant word come into this cell.’” —Abba Or, Desert Father Questions for reflection: What makes our words and messages “irrelevant” instead of “relevant” in a given situation? Is this determined by the sender? Receiver? Both? Neither?
A Prayer of St. Patrick, Christ in All Things, Fifth Century
Christ shield me this day: Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in …
Call for Submissions, JCTP, Student Mobile Phone Use in the Classroom
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 …
