In this episode, I talk with Dr. Colleen Warner Colaner. Colleen is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, and co-director of the Institute of Family Diversity and Communication at the University of Missouri. Her research examines how communication shapes and sustains relationships in complex, diverse, and modern family structures and experiences. Colleen is … Continue reading Colleen Colaner (Episode 14)
Picture
Memory caught in the absence of time. The semblance of essence portrayed eternally so. In stillness the picture waits, disconnected from life’s breath, and passes from memory into the immemorial of history.I sought to capture the real, immortalizing what’s not mine. I thought to possess this moment, to claim it as my own. The picture … Continue reading Picture
Speaking Silence
I stepped into my own silence,a place where sense fades and reason fails.There I waited in my darkness,straining to hear what cannot be heard.And as I sat alone, waiting for what does not speak,I listened for a voice to finally call me.But nothing spoke to me, and my ears became deaf from the noiseless void.And … Continue reading Speaking Silence
Liminality, Communitas, and Hope (Transition, Fear, and Liminality: Part II)
Author Note: This essay will be part of a book currently in-progress. While not necessary, you can read Part I here. Modernity’s collapse and our collective thrust into the transitional “flux” marking today’s global insecurity surely suggests the need for a serious study of transitions. Navigating unstable times without a sense as to the “why” and “how” … Continue reading Liminality, Communitas, and Hope (Transition, Fear, and Liminality: Part II)
Adam Pyror (Episode 13)
In this episode, I chat with Dr. Adam Pyror. Adam Pryor is Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. He is the author of The God who Lives, Body of Christ Incarnate for You, and most recently Living with Tiny Aliens: The Image of God for the Anthropocene. His … Continue reading Adam Pyror (Episode 13)
