“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (New International Version) Questions for reflection: How might we turn these verses into a communication pledge for 2025? What would it mean for others if your communication arose . . . from a heart whose desire was to delight in …
A Prayer for the New Year, by Howard Snyder
Prayer for New Year’s Day We give you thanks, most gracious God, for the beauty of earth and sky and sea; for the richness of mountains, plains, and rivers; for the songs of birds and the loveliness of flowers. We praise you for these good gifts, and pray that we may safeguard them for our posterity. Grant that we may …
A Year-end Thank You, Invitation
Thank you for another wonderful year and for your support of the CCSN. We are blessed to have you in the community and hope to see more of you in 2025. Thanks to those of you who create content for the network: you write columns/blogs, present webinars, facilitate workshops, serve as editors for the Journal of Christian Teaching Practice and …
ICYMI, New Book, Oral Interpretation: A Creative Performance Approach
Oral Interpretation:Â A Creative Performance Approach NOW Available 2024 Author: Richard T. Young Total pages: 148 Price: $22.00 Purchase on Amazon (Associates Link) Purchase on Ingramsparks Oral Interpretation: A Creative Performance Approa …. Young, Richard T. Buy Now [Return to Integratio Press] Description The author presents a unique approach to Oral Interpretation for individual or group performances. …
New Book, Habits of the High Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age, by Quentin Schultze
Habits of the High Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age (Updated and Expanded Edition) Available December 2024 Author: Quentin J. Schultze Foreword by Martin E. Marty Purchase on amazon (Associates Link) Total Pages: 376 Price: $30.00 Purchase on Ingramsparks Habits of the High Tech Heart: Living Virtuously i …. Schultze, Quentin J. Buy Now [Return to …
Vlog entry, Truth and Transformation, by Stephanie Bennett
In this entry . . . Truth and Transformation Plato famously said, “Know Thyself.” Perhaps he was the first to begin studying what we now call the intrapersonal realm of communication. Today we share a short passage from Parker Palmer’s To Know as we are Known. Let’s tap in to that quiet, inner place of knowing where we can meet God without …
Column Entry, “Abiding Winter Light,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story December entry: “Abiding Winter Light” 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, with …
A Year-end Thank You and Invitation
Seasons greetings! Thank you for another wonderful year and for your support of the CCSN. We are blessed to have you in the community and hope to see more of you in 2025. As always, please let us know how we can serve you better in 2025. If you or your students or others in your network have been blessed …
A Prayer for Convicting Power, by Howard Snyder
Scripture Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. — Hosea 6:1-2 Prayer Lord God of holy …
Quote of the Week, Stretching Mentally, by Oswald Chambers
“Always keep in contact with those books and those people that enlarge your horizon and make it possible for you to stretch yourself mentally.” The Moral Foundations of Life, 721, Oswald Chambers
