Chessa Williams

Worship and Aesthetics | Worship Prof @calbaptist | Program Director, Worship Arts | Ph.D. @sbts

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

Couple of SBCs (Southern Baptist Cuties)

[Jordan Williams @JordanStoryline]

Might be too late for this but I move that @WilliamsChessa gets sent home from #Sbc2026 early today. I love you Doc @WilliamsChessa 😘

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

@bartbarber Thanks for being at our presentation @bartbarber

[Bart Barber @bartbarber]

Hot take:

This is more worthy of your attention than most of the business items that will come to #sbc26 over the next two days.

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

I’m grateful to Southeastern Theological Review for the opportunity to contribute an article on prayer in worship for this special issue on biblical worship. It’s an honor to be included alongside such an outstanding group of scholars.

https://t.co/QNNvXH7DP3

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

@JoshDaws I do agree. But writing an LLM so easily short circuits the process because you’re only ever one prompt away from being rescued from the challenge that makes the mind strong. I don’t know that anyone has the discipline to resist that in the process.

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

@JoshDaws I think part of the assumption is that writing is about a product. Anyone who writes, regardless of how the process looks, would probably tell you that writing is the process of coming to know through discovery. There’s no AI substitute to creating a discerning mind.

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

@JoshDaws Even so. I have “labored” with LLM for writing and it is no where near the formative and sharpening work of doing it myself. I know that argument can be made for anything, but I think certain areas of high-stakes formative work aren’t worth the loss.

[Jordan Williams @JordanStoryline]

We're one month out from the Life & Godliness conference hosted at Gateway Seminary in Ontario, California. We'd love to have you join us! https://t.co/TNkSWL8N7z

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

@JoshDaws Such a great movie.

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

@mwesterholm I’ve never been the same since!

[Matthew Westerholm @mwesterholm]

"Love makes waiting sweet."
The final meditation in my series on Advent. Link in the reply

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

God’s goal for his people is not merely that they might be saved, but that they might be glorified, that the dust of the earth might one day be like the stars above.

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

@JoshDaws @hillsdaleonline @Hillsdale If he can hang in that class, you guys should look into a university or college with an honors program! At CBU the honors program also lands them a minor in philosophy.

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

@JoshDaws 1. For a department chair: What is the philosophy of education in this program? Does it focus on transmission of information or critical thinking? Are they competency based or content based?

I’m convinced this is among the most important.

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

@lucasabatier It’s refreshing to see a good reading of Mondrian. Thanks so much for sharing this!

[Chessa Williams @WilliamsChessa]

How should we leave a worship service?

John Witvliet says the question isn’t “Did I like the music?”

It’s “Did the music help me to pray?”

It’s a shift from consumerism to communion.

[Patrick Schreiner ☧ @pj_schreiner]

I refuse to surrender the em-dash to AI.

Some things are worth defending.

[Matthew Westerholm @mwesterholm]

Tomorrow is a first! I've never had a GUEST POST on my newsletter before! The infatigable Dr. Chessa Wathen Williams turns her formidable attention and pen toward the consideration of beauty. Don't miss it!