Column Title: Bearing Witness: Reflections on a Life in Mission July Column Entry: “Living with Fences” Column Description: If you hang around long enough, mingle with enough folks in enough places on this fragile planet, and pay attention at least part of the time, life happens. And with life, stories. In this monthly column, Dennis Smith, former President of the …
Upcoming Workshop, August 3, “Practicing a Theatrical Hermeneutic,” with Paul Patton
Greetings! Please join Paul Patton as he explores how practicing a theatrical hermeneutic can help improve our teaching, preaching, and performance. [Return to Workshops and Conferences main page] Registration Available Now (Student Discount Code: STUDENT2022) Title: Practicing a Theatrical Hermeneutic in Teaching, Preaching, and Performance Date and Time: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT Presenter/Facilitator: Paul …
A Prayer for Communication that Flourishes, by Terry Eagleton
“The most flourishing acts are those performed as though they were one’s last, and thus accomplished not for their consequences but for their own sake” (literary critic and British public intellectual Terry Eagleton, as quoted by Timothy Radcliffe, The Tablet, 16 July 2022, 13. Special thanks to Leonard Sweet’s Preach the Story community for this quote.) Heavenly Father. Help us …
CCSN Vlog, “Not One Rotten Word,” in the Secret Place (Ps. 91:1-2), by Stephanie Bennett
Stephanie Bennett, PhD, is a Professor of Communication and Media Ecology at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Please enjoy and share her vlog, “Contemplation, Communication, and Culture in the Secret Place” (Psalm 91:1-2). Today’s reading involves in a familiar passage about communicating grace in our day-to-day lives. It is from lovely translation of the Bible called The Voice, published by the …
New podcast, Fruit of the Spirit, Self-control, Part 2, by Paul Patton
In this 5-minute podcast, Paul takes a second look at the ninth and final “Fruit of the Spirit,” self-control, suggesting the biblical emphasis is on controlling the narcissistic impulses toward selfish ambition. He also takes a peek at Saint James’ emphasis that self-control is predominantly about controlling the words that come out of our mouths when angry or frustrated. Soul …
New Book Release, Integratio Press, Professing Christ: Christian Tradition and Faith-learning Integration in Public Universities
Welcome to the page for Professing Christ: Christian Tradition and Faith-Learning Integration in Public Universities (Editors, Jonathan Pettigrew, Robert H. Woods Jr.; Foreword by Mark Noll; Preface by Tim Muehlhoff. This is a publication of Integratio Press, the CCSN’s imprint. [Return to Integratio Press] This book was released in July 2022. You can purchase it here. Instructor’s can request an …
A Prayer for Our Communication to Be Filled with Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness, by Howard Snyder
Scripture Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. — Jesus (Matthew 5:6-7) Prayer Jesus, you have said that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness would be filled. I hunger and thirst for more of you. Increase my appetite for you, my thirst for …
Column Entry, “The Last Corn Dance,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story July entry: “The Last Corn Dance” 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 a mediated world, …
Upcoming Workshop, July 29, Teaching Diversity and Social Justice in Christian Higher Education, with John Hatch
[Return to Workshops and Conferences main page] Registration Available Now (Student Discount Code: STUDENT2022) Title: Teaching Diversity and Social Justice in Christian Higher Education Presenter/Facilitator: John Hatch, PhD, Chair and Professor of Communication, Eastern University Date and Time: Friday, July 29, 2022 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT Description: How can instructors disarm the defensiveness felt by some students …
Column entry, “The Image of God, Hope, and the Tragedy of Suicide,” by Elizabeth McLaughlin
Column Title: Communitas Column Entry: The Image of God, Hope, and the Tragedy of Suicide 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, and …
