Book Reviewed: Robert Stephen Reid, The Four Voices of Preaching: Communicating Faith in a Connected World, rev. ed. (Pasco, WA: Integratio Press, 2024). Journal of Christian Teaching Practice, Volume 12, 2025 (January – December) Reviewed By: Rob O’Lynn, D.Min. Reviewer Affiliation: Kentucky Christian University Total Pages: 248 ISBN-13: 978-1-959685-17-3 I first came across the work of Robert Stephen Reid …
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Column Entry, “How an Empty Manger Helped Me See Jesus,” by Chris Hamstra
Column Title: Leadership Life Stories: Communicating and Leading through Your Story Column Entry: “How an Empty Manger Helped Me See Jesus” By Chris Hamstra, PhD, Davenport University Description: There is a power when people come together to share stories. As people of faith, the practice and process of storytelling helps us understand ourselves, our communities, and our organizations. When combined with leadership, stories …
Upcoming Webinar, Accountable for our Words: Confronting Online Incivility, with Tim Muehlhoff
Title: Accountable for our Words: Confronting Online Incivility Presenter: Tim Muehlhoff, PhD, Professor, Biola University Date/Time: January 30, 6-7 pm EDT Description: As educators and communication scholars, are we simply to resign ourselves to the vitriol and harsh judgements prevalent to online communication? If the internet is the new public square, how can we encourage civil discourse as we disagree? How …
A Prayer for Right Living, and Communicating Rightly, 5th Century Leonine Sacramentary
For Right Living Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do anything that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. —Leonine Sacramentary, 5th Century Leonine Sacramentary
Quote of the Week, What God Looks at, by Oswald Chambers
“We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation. What God looks at is what we are in the dark—the imaginations of our minds; the thoughts of our heart; the habits of our bodies; these are the things that mark us in God’s sight.” Oswald Chambers, The Love of God—The Ministry of the Unnoticed, 669 L