{"id":628,"date":"2010-04-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/04\/jazz-theology-the-covenant.html"},"modified":"2010-04-22T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T08:00:00","slug":"jazz-theology-the-covenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/04\/jazz-theology-the-covenant.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Theology:  The Covenant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">At the end of Jazz Theologian Live! experiences I hand out<br \/>\ncovenant cards.<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span>They contain a summary of what it means to consider oneself a jazz theologian. I&#8217;ll unpack each one individually over the next few posts on jazz theology. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s the summary from the card:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A Jazz Theologian is someone who has discovered that jazz is more than music. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><i>Therefore&#8230;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><i><br \/><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><i>We are practicing Christians.&nbsp;&nbsp;We have spent time in the woodshed learning the old standards.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now we syncopate, improvise and respond to the call of a Love Supreme.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><i><br \/>We walk with Christ, embracing creative tension, joining in the mystery of life in concert.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><i><br \/>We have time, rather than time having us.&nbsp;&nbsp;We develop our ear so that we might listen to the needs of others, then live and love like Jesus.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><i><br \/>We live a composed life guided by the eternal melody of the Word of God as we add our own voice.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><i><br \/>We sing the blues so as not to waste any pain.&nbsp;&nbsp;We follow in the footsteps of our &#8220;kind of blue&#8221; Christ, offering our lives as statements to the renaissance that only He can bring.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0.75em;margin-left: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-right-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;border-style: initial;border-color: initial;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;font-size: 1em;font-weight: normal\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0.75em;margin-left: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-right-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;border-style: initial;border-color: initial;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;font-size: 1em;font-weight: normal\"><i>Sta<\/i>y in the groove!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of Jazz Theologian Live! experiences I hand out covenant cards.&nbsp;&nbsp; They contain a summary of what it means to consider oneself a jazz theologian. 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