Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story September entry: “Royle Watchers” (October 2024) 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, …
Quote of the Week, Accountability, by G.K. Chesterton
“Both men and women ought to face more fully the things they do or cause to be done; face them or leave off doing them.” G.K. Chesterton, in The Quotable Chesterton: The Wit and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton, by Kevin Belmonte.
Column entry, The Fundamental Political Choice: Fear or Love?, by John Hatch
Column title: Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication Column entry: The Fundamental Political Choice: Fear or Love? By John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University (retired) CCSN Senior Fellow 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 …
Quote of the Week, Bad Company Creates Bad Communication, 1 Cor. 15:33
“Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.’” (1 Corinthians 15:33, New International Version) Question: In what ways does your communication reflect the kind of “company” you keep?
Column entry, “My Foolishness and God’s Wisdom,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story September entry: “My Foolishness and God’s Wisdom” (September 2024) 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 …
Recent Vlog Entry, Why Interpersonal Communication Matters, with Stephanie Bennett
Why Intrapersonal Communication Matters Description: Many will agree that strong listening skills are the most important part of the process of communication, but even as we become better at listening to others, we often forget to listen to the loving Voice of God within us. Sometimes the voice within us is not of God, but it is our own inner …
A Liturgy Before Writing, by Malcolm Guite
A Liturgy Before Writing, by Malcolm Guite  O Word through whom the world was made, Word in whom all words are graced, I thank you for speaking me into being, and I thank you that, made in your image, I am privileged with the gift  of speech and language, allowed by you to be a Word-Bearer. Now, as I …
A Prayer for Covenant with God, by John Wesley
Wesley’s Covenant Prayer “I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me …
Coming Soon, The Four Voices of Preaching: Communicating Faith in a Connected World
The Four Voices of Preaching: Communicating Faith in a Connected World Available 2024 Author: Robert Stephen Reid Total Pages: 248 Price: $28.00 [Return to Integratio Press] Description Sermons preached before a congregation are only one way people hear messages of faith. Whether the listener is seated in a pew or listening to a podcast or a book about faith, most …
Quote of the Week, Communication that Builds Up
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” –Ephesians 4:29 (New International Version)
