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The Jazz Theologian
Look…It’s a bird…No, it’s a plane…No, it’s…
By
Robert Gelinas
My love…You are beyond description. As it was sung at our wedding, "If you find a love that’s tender, if you find a love that’s true, then thank the Lord, He’s been doubly good to you." Barbara, you are proof of God’s goodness, mercy, grace and providence in my life. When I said, "I do"…
By
Robert Gelinas
Jazz: On the Cusp of a Golden Age?
Syncopating, Improvising and Responding to the Call of a Love Supreme (p1)
By
Robert Gelinas
Strange Fruit used to hang from trees in America. Col. Charles Lynch was a Justice of the Peace with his own kind of justice in the late 1700’s. He would hold illegal trials and upon convictions, would tie the suspect to a tree and whip them. By the late 1800’s "Lynch Mob" was a part…
What’s a jazz-shaped faith? (review p2)
By
Robert Gelinas
There are three fundamentals to jazz and thus a jazz shaped faith. Syncopation: Accenting the offbeat. This is what allows jazz to swing and when applied to prayer or bible study it brings to light, not hidden meaning but meaning that is often missed. Improvisation: When we are so familiar with the basic groove of…
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