The Jazz Theologian

Bishop John Rucyahana of Rwanda will be  sharing with us in all of our services at Colorado Community Church this weekend.  He is author of the deeply movng book,  Bishop of Rwanda:  Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones.  If you're not in the Denver area you can either download his message from the church's website…

Marginal:  Extremely small, limited; minimal; having to do with edges; lower and outer limits; almost insufficient. I think we Christians need to be comfortable with and embrace being Marginal. What do you think?

I'm here in rainy (and kind of cold) San Diego for the  National Pastors Convention. My book, Finding the Groove:  Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith,  is being released here (and will available everywhere beginning in March).   I'm teaching two workshops.  The first is on my book and the other is about Marginal Christianity. Here are…

As parents we are always looking for little ways to teach big lessons.  Julie Federico has provided such a tool. Some Parts are Not for Sharing, is a simple little book to teach children about boundaries with their bodies.  I showed it our kids a few months ago and then just left it laying around the…

The U.S. Mint is issues the Ellington quarter for the District of Columbia.    

Isn't it ironic…

Barbara took these pictures a couple of years ago when we were in Washington, DC.  This is the exact spot where Martin Luther King uttered his words of hope.

Finding the Groove Live! with Dave Lemieux and the House of Soul will be at The Soiled Dove Underground–March 30 & 31st.  More information will be forthcoming as far as tickets and additional dates, but for now, mark your calendars…

My new book, Finding the Groove:  Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith will be available at the National Pastors Convention in February and should start arriving at your local bookstore sometime in late March. To wet your appetite, Zondervan has made the first chapter available online.  (Click Here) Finding The Groove Live!:  If you're in the Denver area we are currently planning a…

It's Sunday evening and I'm sitting in my favorite coffee shop hard at work on my next book.  A group of twenty or so people have just arrived and started a meeting right next to me.  It sounds like they are the local atheist society and they have gathered to discuss all of the reasons…

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