Fry Brown, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Bandy Professor of Preaching, Candler School of Theology at Emory University He delivers prophetic and life affirming experiences to help us achieve justice and salvation.' 'Otis Moss III shows us how we can attune ourselves to God’s spiritual direction.

This collection helps us tap the spiritual reserves we all possess but too often overlook, so we can slay our personal demon, confront our civic challenges, and reach our highest goals. Moss instructs you on how to practice spiritual resistance by combining justice and love. King, Howard Thurman, sacred scripture, southern wisdom, global spiritual traditions, Black culture, and his own personal experiences, Dr. But seeing his daughter evoked Psalm 30: “You have turned my mourning into dancing.” He set out to write the sermon that became this inspiring and transformative book.ĭancing in the Darkness is a life-affirming guide to the practical, political, and spiritual challenges of our day. Caught in a cycle of worry and anger, he had allowed the darkness inside. In that moment, Pastor Moss saw that the real intruder was within him. She was simply practicing for her ballet recital. When he opened the door to his daughter’s room, he found that the source of the noise was his own little girl, dancing. He grabbed a baseball bat to confront the intruder in his home. “ We’re going to kill you” rang in Reverend Otis Moss’s ears when he suddenly heard a noise in the middle of the night. In 2008, the Trinity United Church in Chicago received threats when one of its parishioners, Senator Barack Obama, ran for president. first observed in the 1960s, it is midnight in America-a dark time of division and anxiety, with threats of violence looming in the shadows.

A guide to uplift our spirits as we work for justice in these politically turbulent times-from Reverend Otis Moss, III, Senior Pastor at Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ and one of the country’s most renowned and beloved spiritual and civil rights leaders.

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