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The Jazz Theologian

There have been many times that others have told me that I should write.  The idea has always been appealing but I have had reservations. First, there was the question of motivation.  Why write a book out side of being able to say that I did? Then there was the practical question of what I…

Every Lent I take all of my unresolved dreams and place them in the tomb with Jesus on Good Friday.  The weeks leading up to the celebration of Christ conquering death I take my dreams to God and allow them to die.  It’s a ritual that focuses me back on Christ rather than on what…

For those of you in the Denver area, mark your calendars.  The dates are set for Reflections of a Jazz Theologian Live! Every Wednesday, July 18th-August 29th, 7-9pm, in The Upper Room at Chambers and Iliff.  The cost will be $50 dollars for all seven weeks. Each evening we will look at the implications of…

Professor and prolific author, Robert Webber, died Friday at 6:10 PM (Eastern time) in his wife, Joanne’s arms, after his 8 month battle with pancreatic cancer. "Depart, O Christian soul, out of this world; in the name of God the Father Almighty who created you; in the name of Jesus Christ who redeemed you; in…

“Ornette Coleman once said that when the band is playing with the drummer, it’s rock and roll, but when the drummer is playing with the band, it’s jazz.” 

"Jazz, then, breaks with Western convential thinking, denying the distinctions between composer and performer, creator and interpreter, composer and arranger, soloist and accompanist, artist and entertainer, even soloist and group.  In jazz, it is the activity itself that is as important as the result.  It is a music that is learned in the doing, in…

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