Most of this MLK day was spent listening to Monk and Hancock as part of my jazz cr ash course - and it has bee sweet. I've learned a l...

There is NO question - I LOVE the genre of jazz born in the late 50s from within the hard bop core - known as SOUL JAZZ . It is funky, fi...

Now we're starting to get some Music Ambassador's tunes up on Youtube... and into circulation. Here's the first with Dianne on v...

So much has taken place - emotionally, spiritually and personally - in the past week that I have not had time to reflect on our trip to NYC....

NOTE: I've revised and reconsidered parts of this sermon - and rather than re-ed it yesterday's posting I'm just going to share ...

NOTE: Here are my sermon notes - and this week they truly are sermon notes - for Sunday, January 16, 2011. This will be the 83rd birthday o...

NOTE: The following observations from NPR's Scott Simon are spot on. We shared ministry in Tucson for 10 wonderful and challenging yea...

Last night our gig at Patrick's Pub in Pittsfi eld was a great groove: not the tightest band in the world (yet) but TONS of soul and fu...

Tonight our Sister City Music Ambassadors will play our second gig at Patrick's Pub in Pittsfield to raise funds for the peace trip to I...

"What is the cosmic significance of the fact that our second jazz gig falls on Epiphany?" I've wonde red over and over during...

I have been really enjoying the insights of Fr. Richard Rohr these days as he speaks of what an "adult" Christianity looks like. W...