The Jazz Theologian

Composing a jazz-shaped faith is about practicing Christianity.  When a musician takes the stage practice is assumed.  A basic understanding of one’s instrument, music, standards and the essence of jazz are all necessary (and expected) in order for concert to be experienced. How would this change the way we view what it means to be…

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Let’s cut to the chase, who’s responsible for health care? The answer:  The most powerful nation on the planet is responsible. I think that it is clear that health care is a life issue and thus followers of Christ should have it, along with all other life issues, at the top of our agenda when…

The next Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit is just around the corner in Minneapolis–April 29-20.  Find out more information here. Guest Speakers:  John Piper, Mary Beth Chapman, Tom Davis, Doug Sauder, Stephanie Fast, Jedd Medefind, and Al Mohler. Music Led by:  Steven Curtis Chapman, Peder Eide and Desperation Band

Let’s set aside whether or not you like the new health care bill and focus on a fundamental question that is dividing Christians:  Is health care a life issue? Generally speaking, most Evangelical Christians are pro-life when it comes to unborn children but that’s usually as far as they take their commitment to life and…

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Dave Lemieux and House of Soul are tearing up the RMR Jazz Charts with their album, “Jazz-Shaped”   In the video HOS performs A Love Supreme: Acknowledgment, recorded live at the Soiled Dove Underground…Check it out and their website too.

A jazz theologian is someone who has discovered that jazz is more than music.  Therefore… We are practicing Christians.  Having spent sufficient time in the woodshed learning the old standards we now syncopate, improvise and respond the the call of a Love Supreme. We walk with Christ, embracing creative tension, joining in the mystery of…

So I’m really into the book, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much.  Here’s a summary taken from the inside flap: What would you do for the love of a good book?  For John Charles Gilkey, the answer is:  go to prison.Unrepentant book thief Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the…

The number of children in Colorado’s foster care system is rapidly in decline.  This is due, in large part, to the church deciding to answer God’s call to adoption.  We are just a few years away from no children waiting for homes in Colorado.  Here’s the heartwarming story of Project 127’s 100th adoption…you gotta see…

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