Communication Studies in Christian Thought (working title) In 2018, your editors were part of a book titled Words and Witnesses: Communication Studies in Christian Thought from Athanasius to Desmond Tutu (Hendrickson, 2018). It included more than 40 chapters from nearly as many authors and institutions. It covered early church, medieval, Renaissance, Reformation, early modern, modern, and contemporary Christian thinkers and …
Call for Book Review, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
Journal of Christian Teaching Practice is seeking a reviewer for Karen Swallow Prior’s new book, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (Brazos Press). The reviewer should ideally be a rhetorician who studies/teaches popular and contemporary religious culture. Our time frame is flexible. If you are interested, please reach out directly to the JCTP Book Review Editor, Dr. John …
Book Project, A Call for Prayers for Communication
Integratio Press, CCSN’s imprint, is collecting a year’s worth of prayers on or about faithful communication for a short book. These can be original prayers you have written, or prayers throughout church history that address some meaningful aspect of communication. Also, the prayer can be a meaningful quote–anything from a sentence to a full paragraph or more–from a Church Father …
CCSN Consulting and Speaking Bureaus, An Invitation
The CCSN has received a growing number of requests for paid consultants and speakers. Consultants and Trainers may provide program reviews for departments or programs in communication, assist an organization or church with training in conflict resolution or how to effectively manage virtual teams, and so forth. Speakers are often requested for churches, high schools, colleges/universities, and local community organizations …
Access all 10 Summer Workshops in Faith and Communication with Summer Pass
If you weren’t able to attend a particular workshop but still want to view the recording and access workshop resources (e.g., PPTs, handouts, exercises, et al), you may order a Summer Pass. The Summer Pass gives you access to all previous and future 2023 workshops (10 in all). LEARN MORE If you don’t want all 10 and just want to …
Prayer, Thanking God for the Gift of Communication, by Kevin Jones
Father, thank you for your gift of communication. Please forgive me for ways I may have misused your gift, hurt others with my words, not listened in love, and not honored you with my communication. I ask for help from the Holy Spirit with my words so I can show your love to others with the words I speak. I …
Quote of the Week, Hurry as the Enemy of Spiritual Life, by Dallas Willard
“Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” Dallas Willard, answering John Ortberg’s question, “What do I need to do to become the me I want to be?” Reference Dallas Willard, as reported by John Mark Comer in The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry (Waterbrook, 2019), pp: 18-19.
Summer Pass for all 10 Workshops Available through End of August
If you weren’t able to attend a particular workshop but still want to view the recording and access workshop resources (e.g., PPTs, handouts, exercises, et al), you may order a Summer Pass. The Summer Pass gives you access to all previous and future 2023 workshops (10 in all). LEARN MORE If you don’t want all 10 and just want to …
Quote of the week, The Importance of Scholarly Communities, by Richard Mouw
Former Fuller Theological Seminary President Richard J. Mouw, in discussing the “life of the mind,” suggests we need academic spaces that allow us to play with ideas, to mentor, and to be mentored in ways that leverage resources and build partnerships. Speaking to Christian scholars, Mouw suggests: “We cannot avoid the ‘weight of the cross’ as we attempt to fulfill …
CCSN Breakfast and Research Roundtable at NCA, Please RSVP, Space is Limited
Friends and colleagues. The CCSN will be hosting a research roundtable discussion and breakfast during the National Communication Association Meeting on Thursday, November 16, 7:00 am, at the Westin Washington National Harbor Room, Potomac A. Address: 171 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, Maryland, USA, 20745 The breakfast is free, courtesy of Cru/Faculty Commons (our co-sponsor) and CCSN. Special thanks to Geri …
