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The Jazz Theologian
Strange Fruit: The Cross as a Way of Life (Due out 2010) p2
By
Robert Gelinas
(Here's another installment from my current writing project) The Loveliest Lynchee Was Our Lord[1] That’s a difficult question, isn't it? How do you follow strange fruit? Perhaps you’ve never thought of it this way before, but—as followers of Christ—we have wrestled with that for centuries. How do we follow strange—unnatural—fruit? After seeing a lynch victim,…
Strange Fruit: The Cross as a Way of Life (Due out 2010) p1
By
Robert Gelinas
(I'm currently working on my second book. It's a jazz-shaped take on the cross…I'll share a few excerpts this week…here's installment #1.) He stands stripped bare, arms restrained at the wrists. His legs are lacerated on all sides; long deep grooves cover his torso and lumps of flesh are missing. Only a slight grimace of…
What’s a Jazz Theologian?
By
Robert Gelinas
A jazz theologian is someone who balances classical faith with a jazz-shaped faith. As we take the stage our ensemble can know that: -We are practicing Christians. Having spent sufficient time in the woodshed learning the standards we now syncopate, improvise and respond to the call of a love supreme. -We creatively embrace unresolved…
A Prayer from St. Augustines Prayer Book
By
Robert Gelinas
I praise my God this day: I give myself to God this day: I ask God to help me this day. Feel free to join in and pray improvisationally…what are your requests to God this day?
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