Friends and colleagues. If you missed any of our June Workshops and Conferences and would like to view them, you can visit the online store. Access will be granted to the password protected resource page for the conference upon purchase. Below is the list of June events available now. Please contact rwoods@theccsn.com if you have any questions. Learn more about …
Welcome Five New Additions to CCSN’s Editorial Board
We are pleased to welcome the addition of five new members to CCSN’s editorial board. Board members review work for our peer-reviewed Journal–Journal of Christian Teaching Practice (in Communication Studies)–and Integratio Press. Our newest members join colleagues from more than 45 universities and colleges. Welcome! And thank you for your service. (in alphabetical order) Omotayo Banjo, PhD, works in the …
Column entry, “Doing Justice to God’s Justice,” by John Hatch
Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication By John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University CCSN Senior Fellow June-July entry: “Doing Justice to God’s Justice” 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 seeks the lost and the …
“A Prayer to Give Proper Place to the Physical and Spiritual in Our Communication,” by Howard Snyder
A Prayer to Give Proper Place to the Physical and Spiritual in Our Communication, by Howard Snyder Scripture Reading “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.” — Psalm 119:103-04 Prayer Lord God, you have made us to inhabit time and eternity, …
“Resisting the Tyranny of Immediacy: Cultivating Patience in Digital Spaces,” by Chase Mitchell
Enjoy this recent post by Chase Mitchell, in the Christian Scholar’s Review blog. “In Western culture, and especially in America, patience is rarely considered a virtue. Increasingly, we celebrate impetuosity. The punchline of a recent New Balance commercial, for example, is “impatience is a virtue.” This tactic is ostensibly deployed for marketing purposes—mere hyperbole meant to highlight that company’s corporate …
CCSN Vlog, “Life Together, with Dietrich Bonhoeffer,” by Stephanie Bennett
Please enjoy this next installment in Stephanie Bennett’s Vlog, “Contemplation, Communication, and Culture in the Secret Place” (Psalm 91:1-2). Stephanie is a Professor of Communication and Media Ecology at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Please enjoy and share her vlog. In this offering, Stephanie reflects on the classic book “Life Together,” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
The Honor or Obligation of Prayer?, by Tertullian
“And so its only knowledge is how to call back the souls of the deceased from the very highway of death, to straighten the feeble, to heal the sick, to cleanse the devil-possessed, to open the bars of the prison, to loose the bands. of the innocent. It also absolves sins, drives back temptations, quenches persecutions, strengthens the weak-hearted, delights …
Workshop for Administrators in Christian Higher Education, June 23, Learn more
Registration Available now (student discounts available) Title: Strategic Leadership for Christian Higher Education Administrators in Communication and the Arts Lead Facilitator: Denise Edwards-Neff, PhD, Azusa Pacific University Additional Presenters/Facilitators: Diane Badzinski, PhD, Colorado Christian University; Stephanie Bennett, PhD, Palm Beach Atlantic University; Tom Carmody, PhD, Vanguard University; John Hatch, PhD, Eastern University; Brandon Knight, PhD, William Carey University; Bala Musa, PhD, Azusa …
A prayer to “seize my soul in silence,” by Mark Williams
Seize my soul in silence O God, who alone causes yourself to be your self; Almighty God, author of all being, fount and cause of all good things; O God, beyond our knowing; Almighty God who knows yourself and is love; O God, who alone is justly worshipped; Holy God, holy and mighty, Holy Immortal One; O God, who has …
A prayer for our words to be changed by the love of the Lord, by John Wesley
Heavenly Father, may our words be changed by our deep and abiding love for You. “O Lord, may nothing dwell in my soul But your pure love alone. Till my every thought, word, and act be love. Yes Lord, may your love possess me whole; You’re my joy, my treasure, my crown!” – John Wesley (1703 – 1791) (“A Plain …
