Column Title: Leadership Life Stories: Communicating and Leading through Your Story Column Entry: “Communication Centered 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 how to …
Column Entry, Holy Week: Cross-ing the Chasm of (Apparently) Meaningless Suffering, by John Hatch
Column title: Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication Column entry: Holy Week: Cross-ing the Chasm of (Apparently) Meaningless Suffering 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 …
Teacher-scholar Column, Faith-learning integration in Business: Person, Not Object, by Matthew Fuss
Faith-learning integration in Business: Person, Not Object Matthew Fuss, PhD Geneva College Thus far, in these columns (no. 1; no. 2), I have addressed helping students develop a theology of management/HR. I have also attempted to debunk the underlying assumptions that misinform students’ ideas about faith and management while addressing and debunking the sacred-secular divide that students often struggle over. …
A Prayer for a Pure Heart, from the Clementine Liturgy
“O God Almighty, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Thine only begotten Son, give me a body unstained, a pure heart, a watchful mind, and an upright understanding, and the presence of Thy Holy Spirit, that I may obtain and ever hold fast to an unshaken faith in Thy Truth, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord; through whom be …
Quote of the Week, Grateful Sufficiency, by Thomas Merton
“When you accept what you have, you see all you have received is more than enough, and you are overwhelmed.” — Thomas Merton, American Trappist Monk Â
Prayer, Steer the Ship of My Life, by Basil of Caesarea
“Steer the ship of my life, good Lord, to your quiet harbour, where I can be safe from the storms of sin and conflict. Show me the course I should take. Renew in me the gift of discernment, so that I can always see the right direction in which I should go. And give me the strength and the courage …
Quote of the Week, The Glory of Small Works, by St. John of the Cross
“God is more pleased by one work, however small, done secretly, without desire that it be known, than a thousand done with the desire that people know of them. Those who work for God with purest love not only care nothing about whether others see their works, but do not even seek that God himself know of them. Such persons …
Quote of the Week, Communicating from One’s Inwardness, by Parker Palmer
“Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one’s inwardness, for better or worse.” Palmer, Parker The Courage to Teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher’s life  (Jossey-Bass, 2017).
A Morning Prayer, Children of Quietness, Heirs of Peace
A Morning Prayer, from the Syrian Clementine Liturgy O God, Who are the unsearchable abyss of peace, the ineffable sea of love, the fountain of blessings, and the bestower of affection, Who sends peace to those that receive it; open to us this day the sea of Your love, and water us with the plenteous streams from the riches of …
Quote of the week, What to Promote in Our Daily Communication
May our communication promote a humble view of the world, a truthful tongue, righteous indignation, a heart full of blessings and one that is quick to do good, and honest words that promote unity and community. “There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a …
