Practicing the rest of faith and music
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Notes of Rest® is a Spirit-led ministry that invites the weary to practice God’s gifts of rest played in the Bible and Black music. Through workshops and writings I interweave the theological themes (“notes”) of Salvation, Sabbath, Sleep, Stillness & Sanctuary with the playing and history of Black American music. Braiding these notes encourages participants to listen for the Holy Spirit’s leading, share in the journey with one another, and embrace God, neighbor, and self more fully. As Jesus’ restful New Creation emerges out of this restless world, Notes of Rest® provides hospitable space to discern our participation in it.
Listen for Rest. Share from Rest. Embrace to Rest.
Sample of Communities Served:
Candler School of Theology at Emory University, Yale Divinity School, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Crozer Rochester Colgate Divinity School, Northern Illinois Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Pacific Northwest Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Calvary Baptist Church (Haverhill, MA), Cru, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Olivet Nazarene University, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, St. Peter’s Chelsea (Manhattan), St. Benedict the African (Chicago), Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Atlanta), Transforming Center, Contemplative Outreach, Vancouver School of Theology, Endicott College, University of Oklahoma, Dominican University, St. Leonard’s Ministries (Chicago), Duke Divinity School & University Chapel, Family Christian Health Center Retreat (Chicago), Grace Farms, Philadelphia Public Defenders
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