In this entry. . . Communication skills are essential, but they are not enough to build close and lasting relationships. We need meaning and purpose. We need the Lord! Today we use Matthew Kelly’s small book, Holy Moments, to help us talk about it. Vlog Description: The Secret Place is a boutique channel produced with love (not numbers) to inspire …
Column entry, “Christian Family Practices: Cultivating Virtue,” by Pettigrew and Badzinski
Column: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing Column entry: “Christian Family Practices: Cultivating Virtue” (Nov. 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 communication. We all …
Column entry, Requiem for the Fall, by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story November entry: “Requiem for the Fall” (November 2024) 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 …
Column entry, “Should Doctrine Change to Remain the Same?”, by Robert Reid
Column Title: Communicating Faith in the Cross-Walk of Life Column Entry: “Should Doctrine Change to Remain the Same?” 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 a …
Recent Vlog Entry, Making Meaning with Our Inward Instructor, with Stephanie Bennett
In this entry . . . Communication is all about meaning-making. We need each other for that, and we need the help and direction of the Lord. Communication skills are essential, but without learning to go to the Lord for guidance, we will always come up short. Thomas Kelly’s A Testament of Devotion is our springboard today to discuss what …
Column entry, “Christian Family Practice: Spiritual Disciplines,” by Pettigrew and Badzinski
Column: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing Column entry: “Christian Family Practice: Spiritual Disciplines” 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 communication. We all have families. …
Column entry, Royle Watcher, by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story September entry: “Royle Watchers” (October 2024) 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, …
Column entry, The Fundamental Political Choice: Fear or Love?, by John Hatch
Column title: Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication Column entry: The Fundamental Political Choice: Fear or Love? By John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University (retired) CCSN Senior Fellow Column Description: As Christians, we are called to have the mind of Christ. This goes against the grain of our social and cultural conditioning. We seek personal or political advancement; Christ …
Column entry, “My Foolishness and God’s Wisdom,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story September entry: “My Foolishness and God’s Wisdom” (September 2024) 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 …
Recent Vlog Entry, Why Interpersonal Communication Matters, with Stephanie Bennett
Why Intrapersonal Communication Matters Description: Many will agree that strong listening skills are the most important part of the process of communication, but even as we become better at listening to others, we often forget to listen to the loving Voice of God within us. Sometimes the voice within us is not of God, but it is our own inner …
