Column Title: Meaningful-Faith: Words, the Word, and a Life of Substance Column Entry:Crossing Jordan Peterson: How Hard Can It Be? By Mark Williams, Ph.D. Professor of Rhetoric, California State University, Sacramento November 2022 / October 2022 / March 2022 / February 2022 / November 2021 / October 2021 / September 2021 / August 2021 / June-July 2021 / April-May 2021 Crossing Jordan …
A Prayer for Words, by Richard Young
WORDS “In the Beginning was the Word . . .” (John 1:1) Lord, thank You for words! It is so amazing to be able to share meaning through these ambiguous, bewildering, astonishing things called “words!” Master, may the words I use be endowed with Your grace, Your love, Your mercy, and Your truth. May the power and authority of Your …
Call for Devotionals, Communication and the Christian Faith
We have begun a collection of communication devotionals, about 450-500 words each. There is one week’s worth of samples attached from Quentin Schultze, Tim Muehlhoff, Greg Spencer, Bill Strom, Paul Creasman, Elizabeth McLaughlin, and Paul Patton. If you have questions, please contact rwoods@theccsn.com. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION Day 1 Smurf-blue Pride and the Power of Forgiveness Fools mock at making amends …
Call for Proposals, Communication Studies in Christian Thought, Edited Volume
Communication Studies in Christian Thought (working title) In 2018, your editors were part of a book titled Words and Witnesses: Communication Studies in Christian Thought from Athanasius to Desmond Tutu (Hendrickson, 2018). It included more than 40 chapters from nearly as many authors and institutions. It covered early church, medieval, Renaissance, Reformation, early modern, modern, and contemporary Christian thinkers and …
2 Tenure-track Faculty Positions, Point Loma Nazarene University
POSITION No 1 Tenure-Track Position in Media Production at Point Loma Nazarene University Melissa Newman, mnewman@pointloma.edu The Department of Communication Studies is seeking candidates for a full-time tenure-track teaching position in Media Production. The University is seeking an individual capable of excellent teaching, committed to significant involvement with students both within and outside of the classroom, and interested in participating …
A Prayer for God to Open My Ears, by John Baillie
A Prayer for God to Open My Ears Open my ears, O God, so that I can hear your voice calling me to attempt great things. Too often when you have spoken to me I have been deaf to your appeals; but now give me the courage to answer, Here I am; send me. Help me to hear when any …
Column entry, “Beyond Racial Division: Truth, the Gospel, and Yancey’s Third Way,” by John Hatch
Crossed My Mind: Thoughts on Culture and Communication By John Hatch, Ph.D. Eastern University (retired) CCSN Senior Fellow 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; …
Integratio Press, New Book, Humility and Hospitality: Changing the Christian Conversation on Civility
Welcome to the page for Humility and Hospitality: Changing the Christian Conversation on Humility (Editors, Naaman Wood, Sean Connable; Foreword by Janie Marie Harden Fritz). This is a publication of Integratio Press, the CCSN’s imprint. Available in paperback and ebook formats. [Amazon Associates Link] Book description This book aims to change the Christian conversation regarding civility, from techniques about achieving civility …
A Prayer for Listening People, by Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
A Prayer for Listening People Dear Father in heaven, we thank you that you are so near us and that we may be near you. We thank you that throughout our days we may be people who listen to you with all our hearts and minds, a listening people who can receive what is good and true for our lives …
New JCTP book review editor; call for reviews, articles
Colleagues and friends. Please welcome John Hatch as book editor for the Journal of Christian Teaching Practice (in Communication Studies) (JCTP). John recently taught at Eastern University, and now serves as a CCSN Senior Fellow. Please consider submitting a book review or other submission that fits one of the forms described below. JCTP publishes original work focusing on pedagogical examples …
