Proclaimer Blog
Simple words
Preachers should be simple with their words. We shouldn't make the mistake that simplicity robs words of power, depth or profoundness. Our number 3 is just reading a Michael Morpugo book called Cool. It's a very simple kids book – easy enough for our 8 year old to manage. It's well written and moving. As far as it can be said of secular writing, it has power – it grips, it paints pictures, it moves. This is interesting to me because the language is no more complex than the tales of Chip and Biff from the dreary Oxford Reading Tree (good for learning, I'm sure, but so, so boring). It reminded me that we don't need long words to convey deep thoughts. Simple words. Simple words. Simple words.