Lead Presenters/Facilitators: L. Ripley Smith (Bethel University, St. Paul); Lily A. Arasaratnam-Smith (Alphacrucis University College, Australia) Date/Time: Thursday, June 25, 2026| 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: Teaching intercultural communication at Christian universities has become both necessary and complicated by increasingly plural and polarized societies and student bodies. When faced with interacting with people from different cultural …
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June 18 Admin Workshop, Registration Open, Forming Institutions that Flourish
Lead Facilitators: Donna Elkins, Campbellsville University; Robert Woods, CCSN Executive Director Additional Presenters/Roundtable Discussants: Tom Carmody (Vanguard University); Shane Garrison (Campbellsville University); Jeff Groeling (Taylor University); Kate Mead (East Texas Baptist University); Perry Glanzer (Baylor University) Date/Time: Thursday, June 18, 2026 | 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT REGISTER HERE Description: Administrators shape the conditions under which Christian teaching, scholarship, …
Quote of the Week, The Mind’s Instrument, by John Wycliffe, 14th Century
“A truthful tongue is the mind’s instrument, and false speech is the devil’s own work.” –John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384) Source: John Wycliffe, Select English Works of John Wyclif, ed. Thomas Arnold, vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1871), 58. Reflection: Where might I be tempted to let convenience, fear, or self‑protection distort the truthfulness of my speech?
A Prayer to Let My Words Be Few, True, and Seasonable, John Wesley, 18th Century
“O God, give me a wise and watchful spirit, that I may speak nothing rashly or unadvisedly. Keep me from all uncharitable conversation; from all idle words; from all deceit and exaggeration. Let my words be few, true, and seasonable; and may I never wound my neighbor with my tongue. Grant that I may speak always with meekness, kindness, and …
Upcoming webinar, Christian News Media and the Battle for the Soul of Evangelicalism, with Ken Waters
Presenter: Ken Waters, PhD, Pepperdine University, Emeritus Date | Time: Thursday, April 30, 6-7 pm EDT Description: Join us for a lively webinar featuring the research behind the new book, Words That Shape Us: How America’s Most Influential Magazines Craft the Narrative of Christian Culture. In this webinar, we’ll explore the seismic shifts currently redefining American faith and politics. Waters’s …
