{"id":416,"date":"2007-02-15T22:05:59","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T22:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/02\/blogalbumbookof-1-2.html"},"modified":"2007-02-15T22:05:59","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T22:05:59","slug":"blogalbumbookof-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/02\/blogalbumbookof-1-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Blog\/Album\/Book&#8230;of the Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An nonagenarian who&#8217;s very Don To Earth&#8230;An Invitation to a Journey&#8230;And one of Wynton&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/don19.jpg\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"134\" alt=\"Don19\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/don19.jpg\" width=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/a><strong>Blog of the Week<\/strong>:<\/span>&nbsp; If you have not discovered the blog of Donald Crowdis you will soon see why many make it a regular read.&nbsp; At the age of 93, he is one of the worlds oldest bloggers and his wit and wisdom (whether you agree with him or not) is heart warming.&nbsp; Check him out at <a href=\"http:\/\/dontoearth.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000099\">&quot;Don To Earth.&quot;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Book of the Week:<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp; <u><em>&quot;Invitiation to a Journey.&quot;<\/em><\/u>&nbsp; Robert Mulholland&#8217;s definition of spiritual formation is worth the price of the book.&nbsp; &quot;The process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others.&quot;&nbsp; Most books on the inner life do not make the connection with issues of justice and those around us. This is one of those books that I read at least once a year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Album of the Week<\/strong><\/span>: <em><u>&quot;The Midnight Blues,&quot; by Wynton Marsalis<\/u><\/em>.&nbsp; Beautiful. Moving. Stirring.&nbsp; I especially like track 6, &quot;Baby, Wont You Please Come Home.&quot;&nbsp; You can just hear the dude begging and his lady responding&#8230;if you get a chance to listen let me know what you think, does she come home? Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0000062HE\/1n9867a-20\"><span style=\"color: #0000cc\">Amazon link<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp; Scroll down a bit and they let you sample the music. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An nonagenarian who&#8217;s very Don To Earth&#8230;An Invitation to a Journey&#8230;And one of Wynton&#8217;s best. 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Author of Finding the Groove: Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith (Zondervan) and the upcoming, Strange Fruit: The Cross as a Way of Life (2011). Founder of Project 127, a ministry dedicated to seeing the day when there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado's foster care system. Robert deeply desires to see the body of Christ mobilized to serve the least of these. The poor, the down and out, the disenfranchised and disabled, those deemed unimportant and the unborn. He believes that God loves all people yet he has a special heart for the poor and the poor in spirit, the miserable and the marginalized. A Contributing Editor for Leadership Journal and Urbanfaith.com. He acquired a B.A. in Bibilcal Studies from Colorado Christian University and a Master of Arts in World Christianity (Missiology) from Denver Seminary. Robert is married to the love of his life, Barbara, and they have six energetic children (3 boys &amp; 3 girls--one bio, five adopted--two from Ethiopia). 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