CCSN, Intrapersonal Communication Health, with Stephanie Bennett

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The things we tell ourselves make a great difference in our ability to walk in healthy emotional stability. Our spiritual practices of silence, solitude, and stillness help immensely here. Stephanie shares a bit from an author new to her — Jim Borst, author of Coming to God in the Stillness. The Secret Place is a boutique channel produced with love …

Column entry, “Facing the Truth,” by Chase Mitchell

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Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story September-October entry: “Facing the Truth” 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 …

“Crossing Jordan Peterson: What would it mean to think in a Christian way about cultural phenomena?” by Mark Williams

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Column Title: Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance Column Entry: “Crossing Jordan Peterson: What would it mean to think in a Christian way about cultural phenomena?” By Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento October 2022 / March 2022 / February 2022 / November 2021 / October 2021 / September 2021 / August 2021 / June-July …

Column entry, Hallelujah: Discovering the Strangeness of Scripture, by Brandon Knight

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Column Title: In Search of Right Words: Saint Augustine, Rhetoric, and Preaching By Brandon Knight, Ph.D. William Carey University September-October: “Hallelujah: Discovering the Strangeness of Scripture” Column Description here: Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, in his work On Christian Doctrine, illustrates the important relationship between preaching and rhetoric. Even in his day, many questioned what use the church could possibly …

Case Study, “Servant Leadership: When School Leaders Stop, Slow Down, and Listen,” by Lumar Vargas

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Servant Leadership: When School Leaders Stop, Slow Down, and Listen By Lumar Vargas, anaya.lu@gmail.com Lumar Vargas is an Urban Educational Leadership Ph.D. student at Cleveland State University. She has been a teacher, school administrator, and teacher leadership coach. Lumar also serves co-vocationally as a church planter and hopes to merge her love for ministry and education.   Introduction It was …

New Book, Servant Teaching: Practices for Renewing Christian Higher Education, by Quentin Schultze

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Learn more about this new book from Quentin Schultze, Professor of Communication (Emeritus), Calvin University, and distinguished CCSN Senior Fellow. Book Description (From Amazon) that reveal the heart of effective Christian higher education—what he calls “servant teaching” with faith, skill, and virtue. Each chapter provides a key to motivating students to learn with excellence, compassion, and delight. The book also …

New Column, Teacher-Scholar: Servant Teaching and Missional Scholarship, Quentin Schultze

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Title: Teacher-Scholar: Servant Teaching and Missional Scholarship Entry: “Servant Teaching with Faith, Skill, and Virtue,” by Quentin Schultze, Professor of Communication Emeritus, Calvin University, and CCSN Senior Fellow Column Description: this column explores the important inter-connections between teaching and scholarship in Christian higher education. Contributors address such questions as: What does it mean to be a “servant teacher” who is …