Using Our Smallest Words and Actions for Love “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”. — St Thérèse of Lisieux (1873 – 1897)
Column Entry, Let’s Talk Family, “Stay Calm: Brains for Limit Setting”
Column: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing Column entry: “Stay Calm: Brains for Limit Setting” By Jonathan Pettigrew, PhD, Arizona State University; Diane Badzinski, PhD, Colorado Christian University Column Description: Let’s Talk Family: Conversations about Faith and Family Flourishing is a monthly column offering a space to consider research-based, biblically-sound practices for family communication. We all have …
Column Entry, “Gatekeeping in the Gales Ahead,” by Mark Williams
Column Title: Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance Column Entry: “Gatekeeping in the Gales Ahead” By Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento May 2024 / November 2022 / October 2022 / March 2022 / February 2022 / November 2021 / October 2021 / September 2021 / August 2021 / June-July 2021 / April-May 2021 …
Column Entry, Our Helper, by Joseph Bird
Column Title: Fanning the Flame: Reigniting the Joy of Christian Communication for Pastor, Pew, and Public Column Entry: “Our Helper” By Joseph Bird, PhD, MDiv, William Carey University Column Description: Preaching and teaching are public communication art and science, but never easy. It is especially difficult when we lose the joy we once had to effectively communicate God’s Word. This column aims …
Quote of the Week, The Sacred in Joy, Leonard Sweet
“Where you find joy, there is the sacred around the corner.” —Leonard Sweet, SpiritVenture Ministries, author, professor, and teacher, one of Time Magazine’s twenty-five most influential evangelicals in America in 2005
A Prayer to God the Father, by St. Irenaeus of Lyons
Prayer to God the Father I appeal to you, Lord, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob and Israel, You the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Infinitely merciful as You are, it is Your will that we should learn to know You. You made heaven and earth, You rule supreme over all that is. You are the …
Summer Workshops, June and July, 11 Events for “Thinking Christianly” about Communication, Media, and Culture
CCSN 2024 SUMMER WORKSHOPS and CONFERENCES in Communication. Eleven (11) events total, beginning June 5 and ending July 23. We hope to see you there! 1. Registration is now open. 2. Format: All workshops are offered in the virtual environment through Zoom and are from 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT. Recordings of each workshop are available. Contact rwoods@theccsn.com if …
Coming Soon, May 2024, Unwrapping the Gift of Communication: Theoretical Applications and Biblical Wisdom for Relationships that Thrive
Unwrapping the Gift of Communication: Theoretical Applications and Biblical Wisdom for Relationships that Thrive Available, May 2024 Author: Kevin T. Jones Foreword: Diane M. Badzinski Total Pages: 168 Price: $20.00 [Return to Integratio Press] DESCRIPTION Unwrapping the Gift of Communication provides readers with theoretically sound principles and guidelines for relational communication. God created human beings with the gift …
Coming Soon, May 2024, Just Words: Lessons of Ancient Education, Classical Rhetoric, and Pagan Religion for a Post-Christian World
Just Words: Lessons of Ancient Education, Classical Rhetoric, and Pagan Religion for a Post-Christian World Available May 2024 Author: Mark A. E. Williams Foreword: J. Matthew Melton ISBN paperback: 978-1-959685-11-1 ISBN ebook: 978-1-959685-12-8 LCCN TBA Total Pages: 330 Price: $30.00 [Return to Integratio Press] DESCRIPTION What do we expect from our words? And what if those very expectations were not …
Quote of the Week, The Expression of Joy, by Pope Francis
“There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter. I realize of course that joy is not expressed the same way at all times in life, especially at moments of great difficulty. Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of life born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we …
