Jazz music is eclectic, unpredictable, local and moves with the spirit of the musicians playing together. Church can be the same!!! Eclectic, unpredictable, local and moves with the Spirit as Jesus’ followers live together. Mark Glanville, Jazz Musician, pastor and professor uses Jazz as a metaphor to describe what Jesus’ followers and His Church can (should?) look like.

In this conversation Mark and Elliot riff on everything from Jazz music to using storytelling to introduce Jesus to our friends. They talk about integrating local culture into worship music, written by people in the worshiping community. There were certainly some good vibes and improvisation going on in this podcast.

Mark R. Glanville (PhD, Bristol University) is associate professor of pastoral theology at Regent College, Vancouver, and an Old Testament scholar. He is the author of Improvising Church, Adopting the Stranger as Kindred in Deuteronomy and Freed to Be God's Family: The Book of Exodus and has written articles for a variety of publications including the Journal of Biblical Literature, Refuge Journal, Journal of Missional Practice, Christian Educators Journal, Evangelicals for Social Action, Faith Today, The Light Magazine, Fortune Magazine, and The Presbyterian Pulse.

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