The Music of Words: Otis Moss’ “Blue Note Preaching”
One of the best books I read for school this past term was Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World by Otis Moss III, an exhortation for preachers to expand their capacity for seeing God in brokenness, and to hold up both pain and promise as essential qualities of the gospel. The book is effectively…
Reading Old And New
It’s the end of another calendar year, and our cultural trends decree that we compile best-of lists for everything from the music we heard to the socks we wore. Not to mention the books we read. I haven’t ranked mine in any order; they appear here as I’ve thought of them, along with a word…
On Character
A version of this article originally appeared in the Et Cetera, Regent College’s student newspaper, on Dec 13, 2022. Sometimes the voice in my head gets too loud to ignore: the one that says I simply don’t measure up compared to others. It recites like a litany or a creed all the things I have…
Why We Smile At Funerals
I pack my bag to get ready for the day. The usual: notebook, laptop, lunch. And the little ball of anxiety, tight as rubber bands, that still expands the more I find to wrap around it. Where is hope to be found, and where the faith that stands on tip-toe? I pack my bag with…
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