Presenter: Katye Freeman, student, William Carey University Date | Time: Friday, September 4, 6-7 pm EDT Description: Join us for a brief presentation by Katye Freeman, winner of Kristos Logos Paideia Honor Society’s 2025-26 Essay Competition for her outstanding research paper, “The Prophetic Poet and Performative Epideictic Rhetoric.” This year’s award recipient’s analysis of Jackie Hill Perry’s rhetoric and its interaction …
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A Prayer for Words that Build Up, by Erasmus, 16th Century
“Grant, O Lord, that my tongue may never stray from the path of truth, nor my lips speak what does not edify; and let every word that proceeds from me be seasoned with charity and shaped by Your wisdom. Strengthen me, that in all my speech I may reflect Your light, turning neither to idle talk nor to harshness, but …
Quote of the Week, Speaking Truth When it Costs Us, by Girolamo Savonarola
“Truth is so beloved by God that He would have us speak it even when it brings us harm; for falsehood is never pleasing to Him.” –Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) Source: Girolamo Savonarola, Sermon on Psalm 51 (1496), in Prediche sopra il Salmo Quam bonus Israel Deus, ed. Piero Misciattelli (Florence: G. C. Sansoni, 1930), 112. Reflection: Where in my own …
First webinar, Fall 2026 Academic Year, KLP Honor Society Essay Competition Winner
Presenter: Katye Freeman, student, William Carey University Date | Time: Friday, September 4, 6-7 pm EDT Description: Join us for a brief presentation by Katye Freeman, winner of Kristos Logos Paideia Honor Society’s 2025-26 Essay Competition for her outstanding research paper, “The Prophetic Poet and Performative Epideictic Rhetoric.” This year’s award recipient’s analysis of Jackie Hill Perry’s rhetoric and its interaction …
Quote of the Week, When Words Serve the Intellect’s Good, by Thomas Aquinas, 13th Century
“Truth is the good of the intellect, and its act is to know; hence the intellect is perfected by truth.” –Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Source: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I–II, q. 57, a. 1. Reflection: How might my commitment to truth in speech shape the way others experience God’s goodness through my words?
A Prayer Before Study, by Thomas Aquinas, 13th Century
A Prayer Before Study [as we gear up for a new school year] “Creator of all things, true Source of light and wisdom, lofty origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your brilliance penetrate into the darkness of my understanding and take from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of both sin …
A Prayer for Seasoned Speech and the Life of Faith, by William Romaine, 18th Century
“Lord, keep the door of my lips, that no corrupt communication may proceed out of my mouth, but that all may be seasoned with salt, ministering grace unto the hearers. Let the law of kindness be in my tongue, that I may speak what is good for the use of edifying, and may glorify Thee in all my conversation.” —William …
Quote of the Week, The Tone of Zeal, by John Newton, 18th Century
“There is a courtesy due to all men; and a Christian should be the last man in the world to withhold it. If our zeal is embittered by expressions of anger, it will not accomplish the righteousness of God.” —John Newton (1725–1807), Anglican pastor, hymn writer, and spiritual director Source: John Newton, Cardiphonia, vol. 2 (London: J. Johnson, 1781), 78. …
Upcoming webinar, Sept. 4, KLP Honor Society Essay Winner, learn more
Presenter: Katye Freeman, student, William Carey University Date | Time: Friday, September 4, 6-7 pm EDT Description: Join us for a brief presentation by Katye Freeman, winner of Kristos Logos Paideia Honor Society’s 2025-26 Essay Competition for her outstanding research paper, “The Prophetic Poet and Performative Epideictic Rhetoric.” This year’s award recipient’s analysis of Jackie Hill Perry’s rhetoric and its interaction …
ICYMI, New Book, Uncle Bud Robinson: Enduring Lessons from an Early Twentieth-Century Simple Folk Preacher, by Abram Book
“Uncle Bud” Robinson: Enduring Lessons from an Early Twentieth-Century Simple Folk Preacher Now Available Author: Abram J. Book Foreword: Steven Hoskins Total pages: 142 Price: $20.00 Purchase (from publisher, amazon, ingramspark) Description Reuben “Uncle Bud” Robinson, born a moonshiner’s son in Tennessee and converted under the preaching of a traveling circuit rider while working as a Texas ranch hand, persevered …
Column Entry, August, Exile and Ache, by Brandon Knight
Column Title: Exile and the Ache for Home August 2026 Entry: “Lost and Searching for a Sign(post)” (Part 2 of 2) 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 …
A Prayer for Speech that Edifies, by Thomas Becon, 16th Century
“Govern my tongue, O Lord, that I speak not but that which is true, pure, gentle, faithful, and charitable. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of my mouth, but that which is good and edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” –Thomas Becon (1512–1567) Source: Thomas Becon, The Pomander of Prayer (London: John Day, 1560), 112. Reflection: Where …
Quote of the Week, The Weight of Words, by Charles Spurgeon, 19th Century
“A man’s life is always more forcible than his speech. When men take stock of him, they reckon his deeds as pounds and his words as pence.” –Charles H. Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) Source: Charles H. Spurgeon, “The Teacher’s Motto,” in The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, vol. 22 (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1876), 337. Reflection: How does my daily conduct …
Join us for the August 14 meeting of the Raven Society, Learn More
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 …
August 2026 Column Entry, Leadership Life Stories, by Chris Hamstra
Column Title: Leadership Life Stories: Communicating and Leading through Your Story Column Entry: “The First Lesson Wasn’t Leadership” By Chris Hamstra, PhD, Davenport University Description: There is a power when people come together to share stories. As people of faith, the practice and process of storytelling helps us understand ourselves, our communities, and our organizations. When combined with leadership, stories provide examples of …
