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Reclaiming Time
By
Robert Gelinas
Forty years ago, Swedish economist Staffan Linder wrote, The Harried Leisure Class. In it he made some frightening predictions. Essentially he said that our fixation with time would lead us to making previously unheard of decisions. Linder foresaw a day that, because time became so scarce and our need for productivity so high, we would…
Jazz Theology: Singing the Blues
By
Robert Gelinas
We sing the blues so as not to waste any pain. We follow in the footsteps of our “kind of blue” Christ, offering our lives as statements to the renaissance that only He can bring. Ralph Ellison once said, “As blues-beset as life may be, the real secret is somehow to make life swing, to…
Jazz Theology: Harmonizing God’s Word
By
Robert Gelinas
We live a composed life guided by the eternal melody of the Word of God as we add our own voice. Jazz theologians honor and revere God’s word. We spend our lives reading it, memorizing it and meditating upon its’ meaning. However, we are careful to not put ourselves in a position of superiority over…
Jazz Theology: Having Time
By
Robert Gelinas
We have time, rather than time having us. We develop our ear so that we might listen to the needs of others, then live and love like Jesus. No moment is just a moment. Every moment is pregnant with the possibility of the risen Lord revealing himself to us. Each instant of life has the…
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