Assistant Editor & Staff Writer
Read my series “I’ve Seen God in the Ocean” on nontraditional worship, featuring the stories below.
Currents Fall 2018
Trail Blazing
Ron Batchelder
Surfing
Sierra Perry
Art
Bethany Wilson
Dance
Jasmine Croom and Bella Alabi
Pepperdine Grapples with Censoring Art on Campus
Photo Courtesy of Channa Steinmetz
“The takeaway from that was that I couldn’t equally be gay and be Christian at our institution because there was some indication that I was naturally unequipped to show my perspective for some reason and that perspective was offensive to whatever faith that we’re following here,” Mossucco said.
Currents Spring 2019
Faith, Soul and All that Jazz
Photo Courtesy of Ray Carr
Monk’s jazz is crisp, soulful and sudden.
In many ways, he differs from the smooth, silky sound that most think of when they think of jazz. Monk’s music plays like a conversation; it’s filled with inflections, pauses and abrupt exclamations. The piano keys chatter, full of life, as if Monk were sitting in a chair across the room.
Currents Fall 2018