Context Matters

Nicolas Kotar comes from a long line of priests in the Orthodox church, yet he chose to make a career out of literature - although he ended up ordained in the church as well! He writes epic fantasy and science fiction inspired by Slavic fairy tales. Why? Because, as he says, fairy tales, particularly Russian fairy tales, have profound, even spiritual meaning that makes them worth reading again and again.

Learn more about Nicolas Kotar (and his books)  HERE and see his Patreon Page HERE.

Listen to his podcast In A Certain Kingdom    

Tolkien's essay (was originally a talk) on Fairy Stories is HERE.

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Nicolas Kotar comes from a long line of priests in the Orthodox church, yet he chose to make a career out of literature - although he ended up ordained in the church as well! He writes epic fantasy and science fiction inspired by Slavic fairy tales. Why? Because, as he says, fairy tales, particularly Russian fairy tales, have profound, even spiritual meaning that makes them worth reading again and again.

Learn more about Nicolas Kotar (and his books)  HERE and see his Patreon Page HERE.

Listen to his podcast In A Certain Kingdom    

Tolkien's essay (was originally a talk) on Fairy Stories is HERE.

Contact me through Narrative of Place 

Other resources:  

Join Cyndi Parker's  Patreon Team!

Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.

Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! And please leave a review!

Reverand Dr. Jaqueline Dyer is the Associate Director of the Doctor of Social Work Program and Associate Professor of Practice at Simmons University's School of Social Work. We are discussing her chapter called "From historical trauma to Shalom." 

Find out more about Dr. Dyer HERE

Explore more in the book The Gospel Haymanot

Contact me through Narrative of Place

Other resources:  

Join Cyndi Parker's  Patreon Team!

Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.

Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! And please leave a review!

Find out more about Dr. Dyer HERE 

Explore more in the book The Gospel Haymanot

Contact me through Narrative of Place

Other resources:  

Join Cyndi Parker's  Patreon Team!

Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.

Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! And please leave a review!

Dr. Jill Firth is a lecturer of Hebrew and Old Testament at Ridley College in Parkville Australia. She contributed to the newly released book titled The Bible and Mental Health  and is one of the editors of Grounded in the Body, in Time and Place, in Scripture. You can find out more about her HERE. And you can find her on Twitter HERE.

Other resources:  

Join Cyndi Parker's  Patreon Team!

Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.

Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! And please leave a review!

Dr. Jill Firth is a lecturer of Hebrew and Old Testament at Ridley College in Parkville Australia. She contributed to the newly released book titled The Bible and Mental Health  and is one of the editors of Grounded in the Body, in Time and Place, in Scripture.You can find out more about her HERE.And you can find her on Twitter HERE.

Other resources:  

The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann

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Jazz is the best combination of freedom and protest-not only in its sound but in the music theory itself. It seems to be made to contain the words of Frederick Douglass .

Learn more about Ruth Naomi Floyd   and sign up to be notified of her new releases!

Get David Blight's book on Frederick Douglass  HERE

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Jazz is the best combination of freedom and protest-not only in its sound but in the music theory itself. This week we talk about the Bible as improv music. Each soloist, each member of that band is aligned and united in the conversation, but yet have a chance to speak their own words and their own beliefs and their own opinions. But then they come back together united, and the democratic music to communicate the theme.

Don't be fooled, there is a lot of good theology here as well if you have the ears to hear.

Learn more about Ruth Naomi Floyd and maybe even get a head start on next week's conversation about Frederick Douglass!

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Dr. Glanville was a professional Jazz musician who later specialized in biblical studies. This week we discuss how two opposite sounding emotions are heard together in the Blues. We also discuss how the Blues and Jazz are foundational for so many other music genres we love. It also can be a great metaphor for how we bring biblical traditions to bear on our lives today. If you want to join Mark Glanville for weekly Jazz and Vespers, you can see him live on Facebook each Sunday night HERE.

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Watch another one of Dr. Glanville's talks from a piano

Mark Glanville's books:

Adopting the Stranger as Kindred in Deuteronomy (SBL, 2018)

Freed to be God’s Family: The Book of Exodus (Lexham, 2021)

Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics (IVP, 2021)

Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.

Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! And please leave a review!

Dr. Glanville was a professional Jazz musician who later specialized in biblical studies. Dr. Glanville teaches us how to hear the foundational characteristics in Blues music and then shares with us what the history of the Blues. Join us for a great conversation and a personalized concert! AND if you want to join Mark Glanville for weekly Jazz and Vespers, you can see him live on Facebook each Sunday night HERE.

Join the Patreon Team!

Watch another one of Dr. Glanville's talks from a piano

Mark Glanville's books:

Adopting the Stranger as Kindred in Deuteronomy (SBL, 2018)

Freed to be God’s Family: The Book of Exodus (Lexham, 2021)

Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics (IVP, 2021)

Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.

Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! And please leave a review!