A Prayer for Mercy in Our Communication Lord, you know those who are sore stricken and heavy of heart. As their days, so let their strength be. Heal the sick, comfort the weary, succor the tempted, give peace to the dying and light at eventide.… Watch over us who are still in our dangerous voyage, and remember such as lie …
End-of-Year Invitation, and Sincere Thanks
Dear CCSN members, colleagues, and friends. Despite the challenges of the last several years facing us all, your ongoing participation and support have helped the CCSN grow in membership and reach inside and outside the Academy, including our growing social media presence. Whether it has been contributing an article or book review to our peer-reviewed journal, presenting a webinar, participating …
Devotional, Answering Questions with Grace, Donna Elkins
Answering Questions with Grace Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4: 6 (NIV) Over the past 20 years teaching basic public speaking courses, I have seen how difficult it is for beginning speakers have an open Q & A time with the audience at …
Teacher-scholar column, “Faith-learning Integration in Organizational Communication,” by Matthew Fuss
Faith-learning Integration in Organizations: Helping Students Develop a Theology of Management/HR Matthew Fuss, PhD Geneva College As a former manager in both Human Resources and Operations, I spent a little over thirteen years managing people and processes in industries ranging from trucking to telecommunications, in organizations ranging in size from just over 100 to well over 10,000. Having answered the …
A Prayer for Empathy, by St. Ambrose
O God, who did look on humanity when they had fallen down into death and resolve to redeem them by the advent of your only-begotten Son, grant, we ask you, that they who confess his glorious incarnation may also be admitted to the fellowship of him their Redeemer; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. St. Ambrose (339 AD …
Column entry, “Faith-ful Antiracism: Oxymoron—or Example of Living Faith?” by John Hatch
Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication By John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University (retired) CCSN Senior Fellow Column Description: As Christians, we are called to have the mind of Christ. This goes against the grain of our social and cultural conditioning. We seek personal or political advancement; Christ seeks the lost and the least. We grasp for cultural ascendency; …
Publishing Opportunities, Call for Submissions, 3 Edited Books in Communication
Greetings. Please consider the following publishing opportunities with Integratio Press. Call for chapters and other submissions in three edited volumes to be published by Integratio Press are listed below. I’ve included a brief page for each so you can read more if you are interested. Contact rwoods@theccsn if you have any interest or questions. a. Communication Studies in Christian Thought https://www.theccsn.com/call-for-proposals-communication-studies-in-christian-thought-edited-volume/ …
Vlog, Technology and Spiritual Formation, with Stephanie Bennett
Description: Sherry Turkle and Douglas Rushkoff aren’t names you’d typically find in the Secret Place, but their books about the importance of remembering our humanness are helpful and inspiring. Think about it this way: What informs our communication behavior in this age of social media and frictionless interaction? Are we listening for the Voice of the Lord or listening passively …
“Crossing Jordan Peterson: How Hard Can It Be?,” by Mark Williams
Column Title: Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance Column Entry:Crossing Jordan Peterson: How Hard Can It Be? By Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento November 2022 / October 2022 / March 2022 / February 2022 / November 2021 / October 2021 / September 2021 / August 2021 / June-July 2021 / April-May 2021 Crossing Jordan …
A Prayer for Words, by Richard Young
WORDS “In the Beginning was the Word . . .” (John 1:1) Lord, thank You for words! It is so amazing to be able to share meaning through these ambiguous, bewildering, astonishing things called “words!” Master, may the words I use be endowed with Your grace, Your love, Your mercy, and Your truth. May the power and authority of Your …
