For Joy and Gladness Blessed art Thou, O Lord, who hast nourished me from my youth up, who givest food to all flesh. Fill our hearts with joy and gladness, that we, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work in Christ Jesus our Lord, through whom to Thee be glory, honour, might, majesty, and …
Quote of the Week, The Soul at Play, by Emily Dickinson
It is easy to work when the soul is at play It is easy to work when the soul is at play — But when the soul is in pain — The hearing him put his playthings up Makes work difficult — then — It is simple, to ache in the Bone, or the Rind — But Gimlets — among …
Welcome Moriah Pitts, New CCSN Student Fellow and Editorial Assistant
Meet Moriah Pitts, CCSN”s newest student undergraduate fellow and editorial assistant. Moriah is an undergraduate student with Western Washington University, and she will graduate with her Bachelor of English Literature and Creative Writing in March of 2025. She currently works as a Research and Administrative Assistant for Dr. Geraldine E. Forsberg on her work with the International Jacques Ellul Society. …
Column Entry, “Self-Sacrifice + Self-Gift,” by Chase Mitchell
Column: Image to Image: Musings on Faith, Media, and Story December entry: “Self-Sacrifice + Self-Gift” 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, with …
Column Entry, “Finally, the Book on CRT I’ve Been Wishing For (Part 1),” by John Hatch
Column title: Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication Column entry: “Finally, the Book on CRT I’ve Been Wishing For (Part 1)” 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 …
March 6, Registration for 2025 Workshops and Conferences in Faith and Communication
Our annual slate of summer workshops in faith and communication will be announced the first week of March (March 6). All workshops will take place in June this year, on Monday and Thursday, via Zoom, 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EST. Student and other group discounts are available, and summer passes for all events. Here’s a look back at our …
Prayer, For the Holy Spirit, Fourth Century
For The Holy Spirit O God Almighty, the Father of Thy Christ, Thy only begotten Son, give me a body undefiled, a heart pure, a mind watchful, an unerring knowledge, the influence of the Holy Ghost for the obtaining and assured enjoying of the truth, through Thy Christ, by whom glory be to Thee, in the Holy Spirit, for ever. Amen. …
Quote of the Week, Guarding Our Mouths, Proverbs 21:23
“Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.” Proverbs 21:23 (NIV) Question for Reflection: What daily communication habits can we cultivate to help us guard our mouths and tongues?
Quote of the Week, What is Education?, by G.K. Chesterton
“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” –G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton: The Illustrated London News, 1923-1925: 33 (Amazon Associates Link)
A Morning Prayer, 3rd Century, the Eastern Church
Morning Prayer We give thee hearty thanks for the rest of the past night, and for the gift of a new day, with its opportunities of pleasing thee. Grant 39that we may so pass its hours in the perfect freedom of thy service, that at eventide we may again give thanks unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. —The Eastern Church
