Return to Workshop and Conference Home Page Title: Strategic Leadership for Christian Higher Education Administrators: (1) Having Difficult Conversations, and (2) Onboarding New Faculty Lead Facilitator/Presenter: Kevin Schut, PhD, Trinity Western University Presenter: Tim Muehlhoff, PhD, Biola University Roundtable Discussants: Sarah Drivdahl, Northwest University; Melinda Stephens, Geneva College; Diane Badzinski, Colorado Christian University; Tom Carmody, Vanguard University; Ken Waters, Pepperdine University; Dorie Shelby, …
Upcoming Workshop, Strategies for Cultivating a Writing and Publishing Agenda while Teaching Full-time, with Robert Woods
Return to Workshop and Conference Home Page Title: Strategies for Cultivating a Writing and Publishing Agenda while Teaching Full-time Presenter/Facilitator: Robert Woods, PhD (CCSN Executive Director, Visiting Scholar, Trinity Western University) Date/Time: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: Faculty and administrators in Christian higher education who desire to write and publish are …
Editorial Services Available, and more
We often get requests for information about reliable editors who can support your individual and group publishing efforts. Below is a description of one such editor, Dr. Lois Olena, former AGTS Professor, who might be a good fit for your needs–especially if you are looking to turn a dissertation into a book. She can work with other projects as well. …
Quote of the week, The Power of Silence in a Noisy Culture, by Jeanne Guyon
“It is in this silent state that [one] communicates with God. Silence becomes both a wonderful transmission and receiving of divine communication.” —Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon (1648–1717), seventeenth-century Catholic mystic Source: Jeanne Guyon, Union with God, Library of Spiritual Classics, vol. 3 (Sargent: The Seedsowers, 1999), 48.
Quote of the week, The Essence of Hospitality in a Divided Culture, by Henri Nouwen
The Essence of Hospitality in a Divided Culture “Hospitality, therefore, means primarily the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but …
A Prayer for Joy and Gladness, The Clementine Liturgy
For Joy and Gladness Blessed are you, O Lord, for you have nourished me from my youth and you give food to all flesh. Fill our hearts with joy and gladness that we always have sufficiency in all things, and may abound to every good work in Christ Jesus our Lord; through him be glory to you, honor, might, majesty, …
A Prayer, Confirm our Faith and Hope in Your Grace and Mercy, by Veit Dietrich
Confirm our Faith and Hope in Your Grace and Mercy Lord God, heavenly Father, may your Holy Spirit strengthen our hearts and confirm our faith and hope in your grace and mercy. Although we have reason to fear because of our conscience, our sin and our unworthiness, we may nevertheless, with the woman of Canaan, hold fast to your grace …
Column Entry, Following Christ “Outside the Camp” (Holy Week), by John Hatch
Column title: Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication Column entry: Following Christ “Outside the Camp” (Holy Week) 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 …
Column Entry, Let’s Talk Family: “Rituals as Connection,” by Jonathan Pettigrew and Diane Badzinski
Column: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing Column entry: Rituals as Connection By Jonathan Pettigrew, PhD, Arizona State University; Diane Badzinski, PhD, Colorado Christian University Column Description: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing is a monthly column offering a space to consider research-based, biblically-sound practices for family communication. We all have families. And we …
Quote of the week, “Sniffing out what smells to high heaven,” by Greg Spencer
“The profane sounds ugly, as it should. The profane is that which intentionally dismisses, ridicules, or destroys the sacred. Standing up to the profane means that we notice what breaks the heart of God and that we resist it. To put it another way, a nose for the profane sniffs out what smells to high heaven.”[i]—Gregory Spencer, Awakening the Quieter …
