Jonathan L. Best Poetry

Haunted

Why can’t You leave me alone? Your silent insistence is deafening…maddening. Make it go away.   What have You brought me? What am I left with? Nothing.   You came to me with a hope, an expectation, a promise… My being trembles.   But what am I left with? What have You done to me? … Continue reading Haunted

Jonathan L. Best Podcast

Podcast: Jennifer Kerr Budziak Episode 6 Part 2

The conclusion of my interview with Jennifer Kerr Budziak. Dr. Budziak is an active Chicago area liturgical musician, author, conductor, cantor, and is a widely published and recorded composer and arranger of liturgical music. She currently serves as Editor for Music Formation Resources at GIA Publications and is an assistant conductor for the Chicago Symphony … Continue reading Podcast: Jennifer Kerr Budziak Episode 6 Part 2

Jonathan L. Best Liminal, Theology, Uncategorized

Tim Carson: Preview of a Forthcoming Book on Practical Liminal Theology

Bio: Timothy Carson, D.Min, is the author of Liminal Reality and Transformational Power (2016) and the editor of Neither Here nor There: The Many Voices of Liminality (2019). He also serves as the Curator of TheLiminalityProject.org and teaches the Liminality Seminar in the Honors College of the University of Missouri. Tim: One of my current … Continue reading Tim Carson: Preview of a Forthcoming Book on Practical Liminal Theology

Jonathan L. Best Podcast

Podcast: Jennifer Kerr Budziak Episode 6 Part 1

In this episode I interview Jennifer Kerr Budziak. Dr. Budziak is an active Chicago area liturgical musician, author, conductor, cantor, and is a widely published and recorded composer and arranger of liturgical music. She currently serves as Editor for Music Formation Resources at GIA Publications and is an assistant conductor for the Chicago Symphony Chorus. … Continue reading Podcast: Jennifer Kerr Budziak Episode 6 Part 1