CCSN Vlog, “The True Longing in Love,” by Stephanie Bennett

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Stephanie Bennett, PhD, is a Professor of Communication and Media Ecology at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Please enjoy and share her vlog, “Contemplation, Communication, and Culture in the Secret Place” (Psalm 91:1-2). In this installment, Peter Kreeft spurs on our thinking as we consider why the thought of love occupies so much of our time. This book, Wisdom of the …

Prayer, “God Restores When My Communication Fails,” by St. John Henry Newman

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Prayer, “God Restores When My Communication Fails,” by St. John Henry Newman “Year after year You have carried me on . . . removed dangers from my path . . recovered me, recruited me, refreshed me, borne with me, directed me, sustained me. O forsake me not when my strength fails me. And you never will forsake me . . …

Prayer, “God, Worthy of Faithful Communication,” by St. Francis of Assisi

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“God, Worthy of Faithful Communication” “Let nothing hinder us, nothing separate us, nothing disturb us. Let us all, everywhere and always, daily and constantly believe in him sincerely and humbly. Let us enshrine the most high, supreme, eternal God in our hearts: let us honor, adore, praise and bless, glorify and exalt, magnify and thank him who is Trinity in …

Column entry, “Give Us Friends,” by Dennis Smith

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Column Title: Bearing Witness: Reflections on a Life in Mission Column Entry: Give Use Friends (May) Column Description: If you hang around long enough, mingle with enough folks in enough places on this fragile planet, and pay attention at least part of the time, life happens. And with life, stories. In this monthly column, Dennis Smith, former President of the …

Column entry, “Revealing Hobbies, Redeeming Time,” by Chase Mitchell

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Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story April-May entry: “Revealing Hobbies, Redeeming Time” 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, “Reconsidering our Bible Version and Audience,” 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   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 gain from the study of oratory. …

A Prayer to Become a Channel of God’s Peace in Communication, by Saint Francis of Assisi

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A Prayer to Become a Channel of God’s Peace in Communication Lord, make me a channel of your peace, that    where there is hatred, I may bring love;    where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;    where there is discord, I may bring harmony;    where there is error, I may bring truth;    where there is doubt, I …

A Prayer for Peace in Christ which Leads to Peace in Communication, Saint Seraphim of Sarov

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A Prayer for Peace in Christ which Leads to Peace in Communication “There is nothing better than peace in Christ, for it brings victory over all the evil spirits on earth and in the air. When peace dwells in a man’s heart, it enables him to contemplate the grace of the Holy Spirit from within. He who dwells in peace …