Communicating with Grace and Virtue

"Schultze reveals the basics of truly good communication practices, making them accessible and showing why understanding communication is vitally important for the Christian life. He digs into his years of experience as a professional communicator, Christian leader, and as a human who has had to struggle with his own weaknesses, to reveal deep insights into how communication skills are an important aspect of serving God."

"Schultze's remarkable ability to help others form, nurture, and repair relationships takes center stage in this splendid book. He emphasizes our need for gratitude since our communication is a gift from God. Such gratefulness informs our attitudes toward others and leads us to flourish relationally with virtue, grace, and beauty. I thank him for such a heart-forming book for all of us who teach, mentor, and serve others."

"A truly unique work that marries academic principles with practical applications for spiritual formation. This book will be right at home in a Bible study, freshman orientation, or a university course."

"A rare book--a wealth of practical, biblical truths for communicating faithfully as we accept and embrace our own fragile and broken selves. Schultze's heart-rending and heart-warming stories demonstrate how brokenness is an integral part of communicating with grace and virtue."

"I can envision this book helping me to connect with my students and helping my students to connect with God and themselves so they can be wise and faithful servant communicators. I love it."

"Over the years, I have been inspired personally and professionally as I interacted with Quentin Schultze on various projects. Like few others, he has a unique ability to combine insights from the content of his field (communication) with treasures from the storehouse of his deep Christian faith commitment. While much has been written about how to be an effective public speaker or an engaged listener, this book reminds us of the profound need to communicate in transparent and life-giving ways--particularly in a world that seems to be increasingly divided and often despairing."

"Quentin Schultze has done it again! This wonderful new book will help you rediscover the joy of communicating, even in situations of brokenness and despair. Relationships are so important in our lives, yet they can so easily become hurtful. I want to reread this book until the advice seeps into my soul and guides my interactions as a servant communicator. Schultze gives brilliant and all-encompassing advice, not just surface information that we already know. I believe that this special book will lead all who read it to treasure and use well this gift of communication that God has given us. We will all be better and godlier people for heeding his wise words."

"All of us need this book, but particularly young readers experiencing fear, anxiety, and depression in a society where people increasing 'shoot' (with words and other things) before thinking. Schultze calls us to communicate from our brokenness, our deepest souls. It's the kind of communication for which God made us--and which we crave."

"Schultze boldly ventures into our era of vice and viciousness with a call to communicate our stories in ways that engage, encourage, and enchant others. This wonderful book draws from our Christian tradition of both listening and expressing ourselves, giving it current application through various means--from silence to smartphones. It makes us better communicators and even guides us to become better people."

"Drawing from a lifetime of teaching and scholarship, Schultze models the intelligence, wisdom, and Christlike vulnerability that we need today more than ever. I wish more Christians were so brave."

"In a time of rage and rancor, Schultze shows how we can communicate in ways that honor God and neighbor. The book is perfect for college students, church leaders, and practitioners seeking a theologically sound approach to improving communication through a growing heart and focused practice. This book weaves the inner attitudes Christians need--gratitude, discretion, listening, and humility--with practical application in community, storytelling, and media use."

"Over the last three decades university students have rushed to communications studies, a discipline with obvious public application. The works of Quentin Schultze are no small reason for this surge. He writes with a practitioner's experience and a researcher's insight. Students have grown confident and mindful under his guidance--more prone to embrace virtue and less to admire just technique. This book is a fresh look at the human condition through the eyes of a soulful scholar who writes well for all audiences."

"Weaving together poignant personal stories and a careful reading of Scripture, Schultze offers a rich tapestry of insights that invite us all to communicate with grace and virtue."

"This is a comprehensive, compelling introduction to the gift, ministry, and joys of communication. It is a veritable treasure chest of definitions worth remembering, stories worth retelling, and challenges worth pondering."

"What a gracious call to consider the God-given roots of communication and our ongoing responsibility to measure our rhetoric. Highly recommended."

"Quentin Schultze has influenced my understanding of communication and of teaching more than anyone. If I had only one communication text to teach any class in the discipline, this would be my choice."

"This book is immensely helpful and illuminating to anyone aspiring to be an effective communicator. Through his own authenticity and vulnerability, Schultze models an approach to communication that is both effective and disarming. Schultze's skills as a scholar and as a professional communicator shine on every page."

"Our culture uses words to divide and conquer. We prize rhetoric that is accented with sarcasm and loaded with cynicism. It happens in our families, our jobs, our politics, and our churches. In his latest book, Schultze makes a compelling case for another way: servant communication. This is communication that requires a genuine empathy for the other. Brilliant in its simplicity, Schultze's book is utterly transformational."

"Schultze paints a winsome picture for communication firmly grounded in biblical principles. This book is a thought-provoking reflection on how Christ-centered convictions can season all of our interactions. It is for everyone wondering what it looks and sounds like to communicate in a way that conveys the wisdom and joy of the Lord."

"Schultze teaches us how to live as servant communicators. He braids together relatable personal and contemporary examples, ancient biblical and theological wisdom, and relevant communication scholarship and theory. This three-strand cord makes this text a must-read for Christians vested in the practice and study of good communication."