“What preachers can learn from Obama”

Five tips posted at Read Better, Preach Better, based on the president-elect’s victory speech in Chicago (HT: BHT):

“3. He was understated… and it worked
With such a momentous occasion, I would expect someone else to be swept away with emotion. Yet Obama was calm and steady. It would have been easy to ride that wave of undulating excitement and emotion. Instead, Obama chose to speak with reserve and poise. The effect of this, for me, was to think that this guy is in control, and is serious about the challenge ahead.”