In this podcast, Paul begins to offer an interlude of reflections during these challenging, uncertain times provoked by the threat of the coronavirus. His first is to emphasize the over-arching significance of biblically-informed metanarratives that help us understand our story, especially in the midst of struggle. What are the ways we understand our journey, stories worth repeating, regularly to remind …
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Samaritan Ethics and the Art of Compassion
Presenter and Affiliation: Raymond Blanton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication Arts in the School of Media and Design, University of the Incarnate Word When?: Wednesday, March 25, 11 am – 12 pm EST What?: The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the preeminent stories in the book of Luke—if not the entire New Testament. As a story, it …
New Year’s Resolutions in February
New Year’s Resolutions in February I generally do not make New Year’s Resolutions. I am just too tired and worn out after completing another semester with its plethora of grading and then throwing myself in to all the holiday preparations and celebrations. So, at the end of the year I have little energy to even consider resolutions. Therefore, I make …
Smurf-blue Pride and the Power of Forgiveness
Smurf-blue Pride and the Power of Forgiveness * Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright. (Proverbs 14: 9-10) The 10 year-old boy visiting our home that day was bored so my wife let him play in the pool room. He was thrilled. His mother soon noticed him touching the cue stick tip and …
Walk Tall and Carry and Gentle Stick
Walk Tall and Carry a Gentle Stick * 1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. (Proverbs 15:1-2) In 2009, Republican Mark DeMoss and Democrat Lanny Davis founded the Civility Project. They asked national politicians to sign a …
ICYMI, 23 Interviews on Faith and Communication
In case you missed it, our year long Essential Questions in Faith and Communication Interview Series, hosted by Mark Fackler, asks 23 leading thinkers and theologians about the relationship between Christianity and Communication Studies. Our last interviewee was Quentin Schultze, Professor Emeritus, Calvin University. The full collection of 23 interviews — and links to those recorded interviews — is included …
Latest issue, Journal of Christian Teaching Practice (in Communication Studies), 6(2), Table of Contents
The latest issue of the Journal of Christian Teaching Practice (in Communication Studies) has been posted: https://www.theccsn.com/journal-of-christian-teaching-practice/. Table of Contents Doug Gwyn, “George Fox: Silence and Stillness as Communicational Ethic,” https://www.theccsn.com/george-fox-silence-and-stillness-as-communicational-ethic/ Terry Lindvall, “St. John of Damascus: Patron Saint of Visual Communication,” https://www.theccsn.com/st-john-of-damascus-patron-saint-of-visual-communication/ William Mullen, “St. John Chrysostom: Identification and Communication in a Culture of Compromise,” https://www.theccsn.com/st-john-chrysostom-identification-and-communication-in-a-culture-of-compromise/ Kevin Schut, “Playing Games with …
Practitioner in Residence, Garrett Gerhart
Meet Garrett Gerhart. As our first Practitioner in Residence, Garrett’s focus will be on facilitating meaningful conversations about the way theory and practice merge in our digital lives—both inside and outside the Church. One of his goals is to help churches move from “which tool?” to “which is the wisest use of this particular tool in this particular situation …
“Your Dance with Pop Culture,” new podcast series, with Paul Patton
In this podcast, Paul introduces his new series on wise engagement with the 24-7 invitation of pop culture. The series employs the metaphor of pop culture as an unrelenting, always available “dance partner” and posits the question of moral and spiritual significance, “Who’s leading whom in the dance?”
Engaged Pedagogy and Christian Social Thought
Presenter and Affiliation: Jonathan M. Bowman, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Studies, University of San Diego When?: Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, 5:30 pm EST What?: Active learning can be one way in which students encounter Jesus’ social justice teachings. In sharing one specific example of an engaged pedagogical assignment, this webinar will encourage faculty to think through how Biblical teachings and ‘Important …
