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The Jazz Theologian

What a night we just had at the Soiled Dove Underground for another session of Finding the Groove Live!  We talked about how jazz offers an alternative to the models of the melting pot and the salad bowl when it comes to relationships, namely… "Ensemble:  A unit of complementary parts that contribute to a sing…

Thanks to the Englewood Review of Books for their review of Finding the Groove: Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith.

Feel free to join in the conversation below as we compose a jazz-shaped faith.And as always, stay in the groove,Robert

The President and Mrs. Obama's remarks comprise the first four minutes fifteen seconds and then ELEW and Esperanza Spalding perform.  

President Obama picked 26 year old pentecostal minister, Joshua DuBois, to head the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.   The key priorities of the office are as follows: Reduce Poverty  Reduce Abortion Promote Responsible Fatherhood    DuBois is man to watch and pray for.  Christianity Today just did an article about him called "The Perfect…

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Just finished recording the audio version of Finding the Groove.  It's complete with some cool jazz grooves from Dave Lemieux & House of Soul and recording artist Chris Lang. It's really good…you're going to want to hear this! Stay in the groove, Robert

John Coltrane was not a Christian.  Though he was reared in his grandfather’s church and was familiar with the ways of Christ, he pursued God outside of Christianity.  Why he did not he come back to the church we don’t know, but I think the church has something to learn from him. All too often,…

Acknowledgment, Resolution, Pursuance and Psalm….Those were Coltrane’s stations. We could take them on as our own and seek to move through each stage ourselves; however, a jazz-shaped spirituality is not about merely copying other people’s walk with God but being inspired by them to create and discover the Spirit’s song for ourselves. 

Theologian, author and Jesus Creed blogger extraordinaire, Scot McKnight was very kind to review my book, Finding the Groove:  Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith… There are very few books like this one — in fact, there is none. I really liked this book, and I will return to it over and over as the image shapes my own…
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