Column Title: Exile and the Ache for Home November 2026 Entry: “Canalizing Sehnsucht” By Brandon Knight, PhD, William Carey University Column Description: Have you ever felt disconnected? What if such moments of disconnect point to a greater reality? A lost memory of unity with creation only hinted through nostalgia. Often even as we experience nature and beauty, or a great fairy …
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JCTP Article, Long Walks of Teaching and Faith, by Douglas Kelley
Return to Journal of Christian Teaching Practice (in Communication Studies), Vol. 13, 2026 Long Walks of Teaching and Faith * Douglas Kelley, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Communication, Arizona State University Abstract: The author uses the image of walking on the road to Emmaus as a metaphor for developing the “Christian” mind in pedagogy. Leaning into the theme of faith integration …
November 13, Monthly Meeting of the Raven Society
Join us for coffee and conversation about research and teaching with faculty, students, administrators, and others interested in the intersections between Christianity and Communication Studies. Our desire is to continue the kinds of rich conversations we have during our face-to-face pre-conferences each year at the National Communication Association. We hope to strengthen and extend our relational bonds and sense of …
A Prayer for Words in Service to the Word, by Martin Luther, 16th Century
“Lord God, Thou hast made me a pastor and teacher in the Church. Thou seest how unfit I am to undertake this great and difficult office, and had I been without Thy aid and counsel, I would long since have ruined it all. Therefore do I cry unto Thee. I offer my mouth and my heart to Thy service. I …
Quote of the Week, The Responsibility of Christian Speech, by St. Augustine, 5th Century
“They who have just ideas, and express them in suitable language, would need to use no long discourse to refute the errors of empty conjecture.” –Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Source: Augustine of Hippo, The City of God, trans. Marcus Dods, vol. 2 of A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, First Series, ed. Philip …
