Prayer, Communication as the Milk of God “Prayer is the light of the soul, true knowledge of God, a mediator between God and men. Prayer lifts the soul into the heavens where it hugs God in an indescribable embrace. The soul seeks the milk of God like a baby crying for the breast. It fulfills its own vows and receives …
CCSN Vlog, “The True Longing in Love,” by Stephanie Bennett
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, “Let Jesus Pray for Me,” by St. Teresa of Calcutta
Prayer, “Let Jesus Pray for Me,” by St. Teresa of Calcutta “Prayer is not meant to be a torture, not meant to make us feel uneasy, is not meant to trouble us. It is something to look forward to, to talk to my Father, to talk to Jesus, the one to whom I belong: body, soul, mind, heart. And when …
Prayer, “God Restores When My Communication Fails,” by St. John Henry Newman
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
“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
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
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
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 for Grace-filled Memories, by C.S. Lewis
A Prayer for Grace-filled Memories, by C.S. Lewis God, never let us dwell in the past so as to not be able to look forward to your grace. For the prayer never granted is the prayer requesting an encore. “And how should the infinite repeat Himself? All space and time are too little for Him to utter Himself in them …
A Prayer to Become a Channel of God’s Peace in Communication, by Saint Francis of Assisi
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 …
