Column Title: Faithful Witness: Speaking and Living Truth in Public Life Column Entry: “The Need for Faithful Witness” 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 this world in ways we don’t realize …
Still time to register for upcoming webinar, Holy Ghost in the Catholic Machine, with Jenni Sigler
Title: Holy Ghost in the Catholic Machine: Spirit-Structure Tensions in Parish Preaching Work Presenter: Jenni Sigler, PhD (Purdue University) Date/Time: Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 7-8 pm EST Description: Most studies of preaching take a theological, biblical, rhetorical, or mechanical angle. But preaching is also work—difficult, time-consuming, prayerful work, and frequently frustrating, exhausting, faith-testing work. In this webinar, Jennifer Sigler will discuss …
A Prayer for Divine Direction and Gracious Favor
Scripture Reading “Show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favor in your sight.” — Exodus 33:13 Prayer Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your holy Name, and …
Quote of the Week, Words that Can Heal
“Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” –Prov. 16:24
Quote of the Week, Listening Well and Wisdom
“To answer before listening—that is folly and shame.” –Proverbs 18:13 (New International Version)
A Call for Submissions, Journal of Christian Teaching Practice
Friends and colleagues. As we usher in 2024, 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 2024. Non-CCSN members are welcome …
A Prayer to help usher in the New Year, by Howard Snyder
Prayer for New Year’s Day We give you thanks, most gracious God, for the beauty of earth and sky and sea; for the richness of mountains, plains, and rivers; for the songs of birds and the loveliness of flowers. We praise you for these good gifts, and pray that we may safeguard them for our posterity. Grant that we may …
Book Review, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
Book Reviewed: Swallow Prior, Karen. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Publishing, 2023). Reviewed By: Elaine Schnabel Journal of Christian Teaching Practice, Volume 10 (January-December 2023) Reviewer Affiliation: Weber State University Total Pages: 304 ISBN-13: 978-1-5874-3575-1 In The Evangelical Imagination, Karen Swallow Prior shows how communication and language …
Obituary for Edwin A. Hollatz, Jr. (Submitted by Kenneth R. Chase)
Obituary for Edwin A. Hollatz, Jr. We are saddened to report the passing of Edwin Hollatz, Ph.D., admired and influential professor of Communication at Wheaton College (IL) from 1955-2000. He died Saturday, Dec 2, 2023, at the age of 93. He received his Ph.D. in Speech from Northwestern University (1965) and an A. M. from Northwestern in Radio-TV (1955). His …
A Christmas Prayer for Thanksgiving, Peace, and Joy
Christmas Prayer of Thanksgiving: Gracious God, on this sacred day, we gather with hearts full of gratitude for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for the love that brought Him to us and for the hope that His birth brings to the world. As we celebrate this Christmas, may our hearts overflow with thanksgiving for the ultimate gift …
