Often attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, this poem was actually written by Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw in memory of Romero, an amazing, inspiring follower of and martyr for Christ. It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is beyond our vision. …
“Keeping the Faith in Grad School,” by Lakelyn Taylor (January Column)
Keeping the Faith in Grad School Column Description: Writing as a Christian who is a doctoral student at a public institution of higher learning, Lakelyn reflects on how graduate students can maintain their faith in graduate school when it seems hard to do. This column is not about how to “beat” the “other” side in debates about religion or secular …
“Pass the Peace,” by John Hatch, from the Column: Crossed My Mind
Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication By John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University 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 least. We grasp for cultural ascendency; Christ descends to the …
Year-end Invitation and a sincere thanks
Dear CCSN members, colleagues, and friends. Despite the challenges of the past two years facing us all, your ongoing participation and support have helped the CCSN grow in membership and reach inside and outside the Academy, including our growing social media presence. Whether it has been contributing an article or book review to our peer-reviewed journal, presenting a webinar, participating …
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CCSN member, friends, and colleagues. If you are a member and currently follow us on one of the social media platforms below, thank you! If you are not, please consider liking and following us on the following: Facebook: www.facebook.com/theccsn Twitter: www.twitter.com/theccsn Instagram: www.instagram.com/theccsn And if you there is a post you find compelling, please share it with others to help …
Recorded Webinar, “No Future in this Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner,” with Andre E. Johnson
Title: No Future in this Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner Presenter: Andre E. Johnson, Ph.D., The University of Memphis Affiliation: Associate Professor, Rhetoric and Media Studies, The University of Memphis Date/Time: Monday, January 17, 2022, 6-7 pm EST Description: In my new book, No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, …
Column Entry, Seeking Refuge: An Advent Story, by Dennis Smith
Column Title: Bearing Witness: Reflections on a Life in Mission Column Entry: Seeking Refuge: An Advent Story Column Description: If you hang around long enough, mingle with enough folks in enough places on this fragile planet, and pay attention at least part of the time, life happens. And with life, stories. In this monthly column, Dennis Smith, former President of …
A Prayer to Communicate With and For Love, by St Thérèse of Lisieux
Communicating with and for Love Heavenly Father: “I will let no tiny sacrifice pass, no look, no word. I wish to profit by the smallest actions, and to do them for Love. I wish to suffer for Love’s sake, and for Love’s sake even to rejoice: thus shall I strew flowers.”[i] —St Thérèse of Lisieux * Keywords: sacrifice, words, love, …
A Prayer Before Study, by St. Thomas Aquinas
A Prayer Before Study “Creator of all things, true Source of light and wisdom, lofty origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your brilliance penetrate into the darkness of my understanding and take from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of both sin and ignorance. Give me a sharp sense of understanding, …
“Whither Grace?” by John Hatch, from the Column: Crossed My Mind
Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication By John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University 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 least. We grasp for cultural ascendency; Christ descends to the …
