Column Entry, “How an Empty Manger Helped Me See Jesus,” by Chris Hamstra

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Column Title: Leadership Life Stories: Communicating and Leading through Your Story Column Entry: “How an Empty Manger Helped Me See Jesus” 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 …

Column Entry, “The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and the Real Meaning of Jeremiah 29,” by Mark Steiner

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Column Title: Faithful Witness: Speaking and Living Truth in Public Life Column Entry: “The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and the Real Meaning of Jeremiah 29” By Mark Allan Steiner, PhD, Christopher Newport University Column Description: It is all too often true that American Christians, just as the Apostle Paul warned against in Romans 12:2, are conformed to the pattern of …

Recent Vlog Entry, Nothing Goes to Waste, with Stephanie Bennett

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In this entry: Nothing goes to waste . . . In the Secret Place Henri Nouwen’s compilation volume, The Only Necessary Thing is the subject of today’s video. What is this necessary thing? How can it help us nurture relationships that flourish and are lasting? Understanding the importance of staying focused helps us maintain balance, trust, and hope in the new …

Vlog entry, Truth and Transformation, by Stephanie Bennett

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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

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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 …

Column entry, “Christian Family Practices: Living in Rhythm with God,” by Pettigrew and Badzinski

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Column: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing Column entry: “Christian Family Practices: Living in Rhythm with God” (Dec. 2024) 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 …

Column Entry, “Communicating and Caring for Anxious, Stressed, Worn-Out People,” by Joseph Bird

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Column Title: Fanning the Flame: Reigniting the Joy of Christian Communication for Pastor, Pew, and Public Column Entry: “Communicating and Caring for Anxious, Stressed, Worn-Out People” By Joseph Bird, PhD, MDiv, William Carey University Column Description: Preaching and teaching are public communication art and science, but never easy. It is especially difficult when we lose the joy we once had to effectively …

Vlog entry, Communicating Patience, by Stephanie Bennett

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Communicating patience In today’s message we return to the precious book by Thomas Kelly, A Testament of Devotion. In it, he discusses the ravages of war and the need for longsuffering and encouragement. We need the same kind of patient endurance for our interpersonal relationships, as well. Let’s take a quick look at what such patience might look like. Vlog …

Column Entry, “It’s All Poetry, Isn’t It?”, by Chase Mitchell

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Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story December entry: “It’s All Poetry, Isn’t It?” 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 …

Column entry, “Identifying Your Faith Consciousness as a Faith Communication Identity,” by Robert Reid

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Column Title: Communicating Faith in the Cross-Walk of Life Column Entry: “Identifying Your Faith Consciousness as a Faith Communication Identity” By Robert Stephen Reid, Professor Emeritus, University of Dubuque Description: During most of Christendom people lived with some form of a theistic identity. But in our post-Christendom secular society most North American Christians are faced, sometimes explicitly but mostly implicitly, with …