{"id":423,"date":"2007-02-01T10:18:23","date_gmt":"2007-02-01T10:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/02\/blogalbumbookof-2.html"},"modified":"2007-02-01T10:18:23","modified_gmt":"2007-02-01T10:18:23","slug":"blogalbumbookof-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/02\/blogalbumbookof-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Blog\/Album\/Book&#8230;of the Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blog and book are by the &quot;McKnight in shining blogger&quot; (I know it doesn&#8217;t make sense but for some reason I still like it) and an album by some swinging Swedes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/mcknight2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Mcknight2\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/mcknight2.jpg\" width=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Blog of the Week<\/span><\/strong>:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000cc\">Jesus Creed by Scot McKnight<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp; There are times when somebody does something so naturally that it looks easy.&nbsp; Scot McKnight&#8217;s Jesus Creed is a blog to watch not only for its content but for how he demonstrates the way of Christ-followers when it comes to community.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Book of the Week<\/span><\/strong>:&nbsp; The aformentioned has written a number of books, all of which are worth reading.&nbsp; The one that has captured me as of late is his, <span style=\"color: #0000cc\">&quot;Praying with the Church:&nbsp; Following Jesus Daily, Hourly, Today.&quot;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000099\">&nbsp;<\/span>The disciples said, &quot;Lord, teach US to pray,&quot; and Jesus responded with, &quot;OUR Father.&quot;&nbsp; Prayer is a communal act of God&#8217;s people.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/esbjorn1_2004_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"66\" alt=\"Esbjorn1_2004_1\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/esbjorn1_2004_1.jpg\" width=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Album of the Week<\/strong><\/span>:&nbsp; <em><u>EST: Seven Days of Falling<\/u><\/em> is an album by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.est-music.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000cc\">Esbjorn Svensson Trio<\/span><\/a> (EST).&nbsp; They are a great example of what the jazz tradition looks and sounds like when translated by those on the other side of the Atlantic.&nbsp; It&#8217;s beautiful.&nbsp; This album, in addition to the CD also a DVD of some live performances&#8211;you will not be able to stop watching!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blog and book are by the &quot;McKnight in shining blogger&quot; (I know it doesn&#8217;t make sense but for some reason I still like it) and an album by some swinging Swedes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blog\/Album\/Book...of the Week! 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