Ep 98: Wally Brath on Connexion a Jazz Psalter

 

Musician, composer, and professor Wally Brath joins the podcast to discuss his new album Connexion a Jazz Psalter. The album consists of nine compositions that set the words of the Psalms to music and along with Brath features the lead vocals of Nikki Lerner and the bass of John Patitucci. You can stream the album everywhere or purchase it on Bandcamp or at his website www.wallybrathmusic.com.

Ep 93: Caroline Cobb on her album Psalms: The Poetry of Prayer

Caroline Cobb joins episode 93 of PostConsumer Reports to discuss her new album Psalms: The Poetry of Prayer. Our conversation is a deep dive into the music and background behind the songs, her other Scripture-based albums, and her life as a working musician. You can stream her music wherever it is available or discover more of her work at: www.carolinecobb.com or https://carolinecobb.bandcamp.com/. 

You can listen to the episode here, or wherever you get your podcasts:

Thanks to Rachel Wilhelm for helping to get this interview set up.

You can read my article on sad Christmas songs here: https://christandpopculture.com/on-the-importance-of-sad-christmas-songs/

You can listen to my Tent Talks series about Women in Church Leadership here.

I also do a pop-culture podcast with my friend Joe Cook called Nostalgic Future, which you can find here.

Related Podcast Episodes:

Ep 90: Brian Doerksen on his song "215"

Ep 85: Singer-songwriter Rick Lee James

Ep 88: Rachel Wilhelm on Composing a Modern Requiem

Ep 87: Harmony Smith—Vineyard Worship Leader, Songwriter, and Pastor

Ep 68: E. Byron Anderson on his book Common Worship

Ep 62: Stephen Backhouse on the Life of Kierkegaard

Ep 50: Stu G on the Beatitudes Project

Ep 26: Zac Hicks author of The Worship Pastor

Ep 47: Dr. Lest Ruth on the History of Contemporary Worship

Ep 81: Rain For Roots 

Ep 67: Singer-songwriter John Van Deusen

Ep 52: Fernando Ortega's The Crucifixion of Jesus

Sermon: Take and eat, Jesus Christ, the Living Word

"The Sermon" by R.O. HodgellA sermon about words featuring a work by my favorite artist, which is also about words. 

Note: a number of Churches celebrate "Bible Sunday" every year as part of the Church Calendar. This year that Sunday falls on October 23. Thinking it was "Bible Sunday" this sermon was preached in error on October 16.

I want you to imagine something with me that is both horrifying and glorious.

Imagine not taking Communion anymore. Consider a time when we do not celebrate the Eucharist, that time of our week when the Church is at its most thankful. We partake of and remember the body and the blood of our Savior, his life poured out for us, giving life to the world.

Speaking the Truth in Love—A Sermon From Ephesians 4:1-16

This sermon was preached on August 2, 2015 at Epiphany Anglican Mission in Peoria Illinois.

Scriptures:

2nd Samuel 11:26-12:13

Psalm 51:1-13

Ephesians 4:1-16

John 6:24-35

Our Scripture passages this week consist of a big heavy story (2nd Samuel, followed by Psalm 51) and big expansive ideas (Ephesians and John). We have David's sin of murder and infidelity addressed in 2nd Samuel, followed by a raw prayer of repentance in Psalm 51. Then we have Paul painting a grand picture of what the Church is in his letter to the Ephesians, and Jesus speaking of himself as the Bread of Life in the Gospel of John. But despite having all this grand and heavy material at our disposal we are going to zero in on something very specific from Ephesians: speaking the truth to each other in love. We will go back and link some of the bigger ideas to this one concept, but our main focus will be on this one difficult task. It is a great sentiment, speaking the truth in love, but how to actually do so is quite the undertaking.

Sermon: Reflections on the Death of Moses—Deuteronomy 24 and Psalm 90

This Sunday (the Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost,  October 26, 2014) we be reading the story of the death of Moses. This is a reflection I wrote in preparation for that.