{"id":21,"date":"2010-03-18T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/03\/whats-a-jazz-theologian.html"},"modified":"2010-03-18T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T02:00:00","slug":"whats-a-jazz-theologian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/03\/whats-a-jazz-theologian.html","title":{"rendered":"What’s a Jazz Theologian?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A jazz theologian is someone who has discovered that jazz is more than music.  Therefore…<\/div>\n
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We are practicing Christians<\/b>.  Having spent sufficient time in the woodshed learning the old standards we now syncopate, improvise and respond the the call of a Love Supreme.<\/p>\n

We walk with Christ, embracing creative tension<\/b>, joining in the mystery of life in concert<\/b>.<\/p>\n

We have time<\/b>, rather than time having us.  We develop our ear<\/b> so that we might listen<\/b> to the needs of others, then live and love like Jesus.<\/p>\n

We live a composed life<\/b> guided by the eternal melody of the Word of God as we add our own voice<\/b>.<\/p>\n

We sing the blues<\/b> 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<\/b> that only He can bring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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You in the groove?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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