“By keeping company with the writers of Holy Scripture we are schooled in a practice of reading and writing that is infused with an enormous respect—more than respect, awed reverence—for the revelatory and transformative power of words.” –Eugene Peterson Source: Eugene Peterson, Eat This Book (Eerdmans, 2006), p. 3 (shared by Greg Spencer from the forthcoming book, Awakening the Quieter …
A First-century Prayer for Joy and Gladness, The Clementine Liturgy
For Joy and Gladness Blessed are you, O Lord, for you have nourished me from my youth and you give food to all flesh. Fill our hearts with joy and gladness that we always have sufficiency in all things, and may abound to every good work in Christ Jesus our Lord; through him be glory to you, honor, might, majesty, …
Column entry, Speak to Know, Listen to Be Known, by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story September entry: “Speak to Know, Listen to Be Known” 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 …
Column entry, Let’s Talk Family, Challenging Cohabitation, a Popular Pathway to Marriage
Column: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing Column entry: Challenging Cohabitation, a Popular Pathway to Marriage 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 …
A Prayer to be Unentangled by the Web, by George Lengerke
Prayer For Media – Entangled In The Web Lord, Creator of the real world. I bring before you all I find on the Internet: the many words – both true and false, the many people – near and far, the many details – important and trivial, the many images – of the best and worst in man. Free me – …
Quote of the Week, Attention and Devotion, by Mary Oliver
“Attention is the beginning of devotion.” –Mary Oliver Source: Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays (Penguin, 2016), p. 8.
Vlog Entry, How Do We Communicate with God?, by Stephanie Bennett
Description: Do I love you? In The Secret Place Once again we’re discussing what it means to communicate with the One who made us. How do we talk with God in ways that filter into our daily lives? Do we need big chunks of time to be a serious disciple of Christ, or is there a simpler way to walk …
A Prayer for Better Communication, by Pope Francis
Prayer For Media – Prayer For Better Communication Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Help us to recognize the evil latent in a communication that does not build communion. Help us to remove the venom from our judgements. Help us to speak about others as our brothers and sisters. You are faithful and trustworthy; may our words be seeds …
Prayer, For a Discerning Heart, by King Solomon
Heavenly Father, we offer up this prayer by King Solomon as our own today: I Kings 3:9: [Solomon’s prayer when he learns he will be king.] “Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” (Today’s New International Version) In Jesus’ …
Prayer, To Use God’s Gift of Communication Wisely, by Kevin Jones
Father, thank you for our gift of communication, even though it can be hard to use your gift wisely. Forgive me for when I have felt tension in a relationship and attacked or criticized the other person. I pray for wisdom and insight on how to experience tension in relationships but not damage the relationship with the way I communicate …
