In this 5-minute podcast, Paul takes a second look at the ninth and final “Fruit of the Spirit,” self-control, suggesting the biblical emphasis is on controlling the narcissistic impulses toward selfish ambition. He also takes a peek at Saint James’ emphasis that self-control is predominantly about controlling the words that come out of our mouths when angry or frustrated. Soul …
New Book Release, Integratio Press, Professing Christ: Christian Tradition and Faith-learning Integration in Public Universities
Welcome to the page for Professing Christ: Christian Tradition and Faith-Learning Integration in Public Universities (Editors, Jonathan Pettigrew, Robert H. Woods Jr.; Foreword by Mark Noll; Preface by Tim Muehlhoff. This is a publication of Integratio Press, the CCSN’s imprint. [Return to Integratio Press] This book was released in July 2022. You can purchase it here. Instructor’s can request an …
A Prayer for Our Communication to Be Filled with Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness, by Howard Snyder
Scripture Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. — Jesus (Matthew 5:6-7) Prayer Jesus, you have said that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness would be filled. I hunger and thirst for more of you. Increase my appetite for you, my thirst for …
Column Entry, “The Last Corn Dance,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story July entry: “The Last Corn Dance” 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 Image of God, Hope, and the Tragedy of Suicide,” by Elizabeth McLaughlin
Column Title: Communitas Column Entry: The Image of God, Hope, and the Tragedy of Suicide Column Description: The term Communitas refers to an unstructured community of equal members often traveling from one place to another. Like the characters in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, we are fellow pilgrims on the road towards the Father’s house, following Jesus as the way, truth, and …
A Prayer for the ability to see God in all things, by David Bentley Hart
A Prayer for the Ability to See God in All Things “If one has not yet acquired the ability to see God in all things, one should not imagine that one will be able to see God in oneself.” Author: David Bentley Hart, Source: The Experience of God (2014) Prayer: Heavenly Father, grant me the ability to see You in …
A Prayer for those Who Influence Public Opinion, the Book of Common Prayer
For those who Influence Public Opinion “Almighty God, you proclaim your truth in every age by many voices: Direct, in our time, we pray, those who speak where many listen and write what many read; that they may do their part in making the heart of this people wise, its mind sound, and its will righteous; to the honor of …
Column entry, “Doing Justice to God’s Justice,” by John Hatch
Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication By John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University CCSN Senior Fellow June-July entry: “Doing Justice to God’s Justice” 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 seeks the lost and the …
“A Prayer to Give Proper Place to the Physical and Spiritual in Our Communication,” by Howard Snyder
A Prayer to Give Proper Place to the Physical and Spiritual in Our Communication, by Howard Snyder Scripture Reading “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.” — Psalm 119:103-04 Prayer Lord God, you have made us to inhabit time and eternity, …
“Resisting the Tyranny of Immediacy: Cultivating Patience in Digital Spaces,” by Chase Mitchell
Enjoy this recent post by Chase Mitchell, in the Christian Scholar’s Review blog. “In Western culture, and especially in America, patience is rarely considered a virtue. Increasingly, we celebrate impetuosity. The punchline of a recent New Balance commercial, for example, is “impatience is a virtue.” This tactic is ostensibly deployed for marketing purposes—mere hyperbole meant to highlight that company’s corporate …
