How is it with your soul today? The last 33 months have been so much. They have taken quite a toll… on life, on church, on everyone who is called to ministry, on our relationships, and our embodied ways of…
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How to Survive An Apocalypse… Turn up the Music | Guest Blog by Jake Hall
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome Rev. Jake Hall as our guest! Jake lives in Macon, GA with his wife Erin and their children. He is the Director of Initiatives in Faith and Culture at Mercer University’s Eula Mae and John…
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3MMM | Episode 160: Music that Carries You
Music that carries you and me through our lives is worth noting. Songs, hymns, and everyday music can be a source of profound healing. Music connects us to our communities. It holds memories and engenders hope. It is a relational…
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3MMM | Episode 112: Nathan Myrick
This week is a convergence. It is Memorial Day, and I’ll share the video “Identity and Place,” a story of Fr. Stephen who is a military chaplain and Orthodox priest. And we are also happy to be hearing from author,…
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3MMM | Episode 84: Why Music Matters
In our last Episode 83, Pete and I talked about why ministers need to study culture. He gave us two reasons: People come to seminary shaped and formed by culture innately — largely unawares. Reflexivity is that significance of learning…
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Collaboration – Part I I love it when a plan comes together. And I love it when good ideas, people and organizations come together and make space for creative, beautiful and imaginative things to happen. Last evening, I spent several hours…
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Like a Leaf Clings to a Tree “Mommy, do you actually work when you’re in Minnesota?” I burst out laughing. Before I could really ask for any clarification about that question, my husband jumped in. “Well, we were looking at…
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Esperanza* Hope in Spanish. This young prodigy of a bass player and vocalist, Esperanza Spalding entered my horizon almost a year ago. Two friends mentioned her at nearly the same time. I started looking around for what she was singing…
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In the Middle of the Story Ever find yourself in the middle of a story unsure of how it will all turn out? That’s where I am right about now. I’m in the middle of several stories, and I don’t…
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“Nashville in February” Mumford and Sons put on an amazing concert in Denver this week. I was there to feel the pounding drums, join the crowd in singing through most of their current album, and revel in the convergence of…
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A Peach is Worth a Thousand Words. Summer time is here with a blazing fury. Temperatures up. Windows rolled down. Rolling along with blues on the radio. Somehow that low steady beat underneath and all kinds of fun and mischief floating across the top of it suits me just fine this morning.
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