Book Reviewed: Robert Stephen Reid, The Four Voices of Preaching: Communicating Faith in a Connected World, rev. ed. (Pasco, WA: Integratio Press, 2024). Journal of Christian Teaching Practice, Volume 12, 2025 (January – December) Reviewed By: Rob O’Lynn, D.Min. Reviewer Affiliation: Kentucky Christian University Total Pages: 248 ISBN-13: 978-1-959685-17-3 I first came across the work of Robert Stephen Reid …
Column Entry, “How an Empty Manger Helped Me See Jesus,” by Chris Hamstra
Column Title: Leadership Life Stories: Communicating and Leading through Your Story Column Entry: “How an Empty Manger Helped Me See Jesus” By Chris Hamstra, PhD, Davenport University Description: There is a power when people come together to share stories. As people of faith, the practice and process of storytelling helps us understand ourselves, our communities, and our organizations. When combined with leadership, stories …
Upcoming Webinar, Accountable for our Words: Confronting Online Incivility, with Tim Muehlhoff
Title: Accountable for our Words: Confronting Online Incivility Presenter: Tim Muehlhoff, PhD, Professor, Biola University Date/Time: January 30, 6-7 pm EDT Description: As educators and communication scholars, are we simply to resign ourselves to the vitriol and harsh judgements prevalent to online communication? If the internet is the new public square, how can we encourage civil discourse as we disagree? How …
A Prayer for Right Living, and Communicating Rightly, 5th Century Leonine Sacramentary
For Right Living Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do anything that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. —Leonine Sacramentary, 5th Century Leonine Sacramentary
Quote of the Week, What God Looks at, by Oswald Chambers
“We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation. What God looks at is what we are in the dark—the imaginations of our minds; the thoughts of our heart; the habits of our bodies; these are the things that mark us in God’s sight.” Oswald Chambers, The Love of God—The Ministry of the Unnoticed, 669 L
New Book Sponsorship Program, Integratio Press
Book Sponsorship Program Several of you have asked about how you can support our growing publishing efforts with Integratio Press in more tangible ways. Integratio Press helps to bridge the gap between the Academy and the Church by publishing scholarly, accessible, Christ-centered books that intersect with the field of communication. We publish books across five divisions. We currently publish about a …
2025, Call for Submissions, Journal of Christian Teaching Practice
Friends and colleagues. As we usher in 2025, please consider submitting something to the CCSN’s Journal of Christian Teaching Practice. Especially if you are a CCSN member and you indicated that you’d be willing to submit essays or do a book review for the journal on your membership form, we’d welcome something from you in 2025. Non-CCSN members are welcome …
Column Entry, “The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and the Real Meaning of Jeremiah 29,” by Mark Steiner
Column Title: Faithful Witness: Speaking and Living Truth in Public Life Column Entry: “The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and the Real Meaning of Jeremiah 29” By Mark Allan Steiner, PhD, Christopher Newport University Column Description: It is all too often true that American Christians, just as the Apostle Paul warned against in Romans 12:2, are conformed to the pattern of …
A Prayer for Enlightenment, 5th Century, Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles
For Enlightenment Enlighten, O our Lord and God, the movements of our meditations to hear and understand the sweet listenings to Thy life-giving and divine commands; and grant unto us through Thy grace and mercy to gather from them the assurance of love, and hope, and salvation suitable to soul and body, and we shall sing to Thee everlasting glory …
Quote of the Week, Solitude and Understanding, by Thomas Merton
“Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.” –Thomas Merton, 20th Century Trappist Monk, A Year with Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Journals – A Spiritual Guide for Reflection, Gratitude, and Self-Care in the Pursuit of a Mindful Christian Life (p. 8) (Amazon Associates Link)
