“Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” –Prov. 16:24
Quote of the Week, Listening Well and Wisdom
“To answer before listening—that is folly and shame.” –Proverbs 18:13 (New International Version)
A Call for Submissions, Journal of Christian Teaching Practice
Friends and colleagues. As we usher in 2024, please consider submitting something to the CCSN’s Journal of Christian Teaching Practice. Especially if you are a CCSN member and you indicated that you’d be willing to submit essays or do a book review for the journal on your membership form, we’d welcome something from you in 2024. Non-CCSN members are welcome …
A Prayer to help usher in the New Year, by Howard Snyder
Prayer for New Year’s Day We give you thanks, most gracious God, for the beauty of earth and sky and sea; for the richness of mountains, plains, and rivers; for the songs of birds and the loveliness of flowers. We praise you for these good gifts, and pray that we may safeguard them for our posterity. Grant that we may …
Book Review, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
Book Reviewed: Swallow Prior, Karen. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Publishing, 2023). Reviewed By: Elaine Schnabel Journal of Christian Teaching Practice, Volume 10 (January-December 2023) Reviewer Affiliation: Weber State University Total Pages: 304 ISBN-13: 978-1-5874-3575-1 In The Evangelical Imagination, Karen Swallow Prior shows how communication and language …
Obituary for Edwin A. Hollatz, Jr. (Submitted by Kenneth R. Chase)
Obituary for Edwin A. Hollatz, Jr. We are saddened to report the passing of Edwin Hollatz, Ph.D., admired and influential professor of Communication at Wheaton College (IL) from 1955-2000. He died Saturday, Dec 2, 2023, at the age of 93. He received his Ph.D. in Speech from Northwestern University (1965) and an A. M. from Northwestern in Radio-TV (1955). His …
A Christmas Prayer for Thanksgiving, Peace, and Joy
Christmas Prayer of Thanksgiving: Gracious God, on this sacred day, we gather with hearts full of gratitude for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for the love that brought Him to us and for the hope that His birth brings to the world. As we celebrate this Christmas, may our hearts overflow with thanksgiving for the ultimate gift …
Quote of the Week, The truth as a door to freedom, Jesus, John 8:32
“To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” —Jesus, in John 8:31-32 (New International Version)
New Vlog Entry, Faithful in Prayer, with Stephanie Bennett
Faithful in Prayer: Paul exhorts us to be faithful in prayer in Romans 12: 12, but why? Doesn’t he already know what we each need? Today, the Secret Place revisits Thomas Kelly, the 20th Century Quaker brother who always points us to Christ. Learning to communicate with God is a lifelong endeavor. As we approach the celebration of our Lord’s …
Column entry, “Reframing Preaching and Plagiarism,” by Brandon Knight
Column Title: In Search of Right Words: Saint Augustine, Rhetoric, and Preaching By Brandon Knight, Ph.D. William Carey University September: “Reframing Preaching and Plagiarism” Column Description: Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, in his work On Christian Doctrine, illustrates the important relationship between preaching and rhetoric. Even in his day, many questioned what use the church could possibly gain from the study of …
