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Jamie Howison

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Winnipeg, Canada

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Music, Spirituality

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Jamie Howison is a priest of the Anglican Church of Canada and the founding pastoral leader of ‘saint benedict's table,’ a church community located in Winnipeg.

Over the years he has authored an array of articles and reviews, and has contributed chapters to "Get Up Off Your Knees: preaching the U2 catalogue" (Cowley, 2003), "Creating Change: the arts as catalyst for spiritual transformation" (CopperHouse, 2008), and "Fresh and Re: Fresh: Church Planting and Urban Mission in Canada Post-Christendom" (Allelon, 2009). As part of the research phase for "God’s Mind in that Music," he spent time as Scholar in Residence at the Burke Library of Union Theological Seminary and as a resident scholar at the Collegeville Institute at St John’s Abbey, Mi ...more

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Chasing Trane

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I missed seeing Chasing Trane: the John Coltrane Documentary when it played in the theatre during the 2017 Winnipeg Jazz Festival, so I was pleasantly surprised when I recently discovered it was available on Netflix. While there is really nothing new here for the serious fan, it is great fun to watch a wide array of people – unabashed fans all – remember, pay tribute, and someti

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	God's Mind in That Music: Theological Explorations through the Music of John Coltrane 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kind of Solitude: How Pacing the Cage with an Icon and The Book of Common Prayer Restored My Soul 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Will Not Be Shaken: A Songwriter's Journey Through the Psalms by Jamie Howison (Goodreads Author), Steve Bell 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Become What You Receive: saint benedict's table, told and retold 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Come to the Table: A reflection on the practice of open communion at saint benedict's table it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Days to Come \| Words for Advent by Jamie Howison (Goodreads Author), Steve Bell, Jayelene Johnson liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Days to Come: Words for Advent by Jamie Howison (Goodreads Author), Steve Bell, Rachel Twigg Boyce 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God's Mind in That Music: Theological Explorations Through the Music of John Coltrane by Jamie Howison (Goodreads Author), Don E Saliers (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God's Mind in That Music: Theological Explorations Through the Music of John Coltrane by Jamie Howison (Goodreads Author), Don E. Saliers (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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God Drops and Loses Things

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Born to Run

by Bruce Springsteen

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