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You can bring the Jazz Theologian Live experience to your city, church or university–Dates are available for 2011 & 2012<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Thousands of people have packedinto standing room only Jazz Theologian Live!<\/b>experiences. <\/span>These events are abeautiful marriage of the spoken word with jazz, soul, and gospel music inwhich seeker and seasoned Christian alike are invited to compose a jazz-shapedfaith. <\/span>It’s an experience of thegospel unlike any other method, movement, or structure. <\/span>Using metaphors found in jazz, theseevenings reveal the breath-taking possibilities for the body of Christ and amore genuine expression of our personal faith.<\/p>\n Imagine your local jazz venue. One hourbefore the night’s event, the doors open, and the line of people waitingoutside perks up and begins to shuffle inside. <\/span>The expectant crowd finds their seats and stools, orders foodand drinks, and enjoys conversation with one another. <\/span><\/p>\n At the appointed time, the bandbegins to play a set of music, slowly drawing the crowd in. <\/span>A couple of songs into the set, I takethe stage as the band softens their playing. <\/span>“What if,” I ask, “Ralph Ellison was right when he said thatall of American life is jazz-shaped? And what if you don’t have to be a jazzmusician–or even a jazz connoisseur–to compose a jazz-shaped faith? For jazz ismore than music, and it can help us understand Jesus, his vision for those whofollow him, and his heartbeat for a world that is badly out of sync…” <\/span><\/p>\n
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