Faith in a Minor Key

The blue note and the minor key are ways we give darkness its voice, the author writes, yet within that darkness he finds beauty, grace and tenderness. This book is a gentle testimony of hope and a witness to the power of laughter and playfulness amid troubles that face us all. Friend-Jones juxtaposes Biblical commentary, theatre mimes and Amtrak journeys. He celebrates Welsh singing at national rugby matches, diagnoses "minor key angst" and reveals how the composer, Charles Ives, once save...