Lester Ruth
@jl_ruth
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Worship Professor @ Duke Divinity School; interested in studying the history of contemporary praise & worship and inspiring others to do likewise
Durham, North Carolina
Joined October 2012
Let’s be clear. Nobody is eating cats. Immigrants are NOT coming for your pets. Anyone including a former POTUS who says so is wrong and needs to be mentally examined. On the other hand, cat ladies vote, and so do the rest of us who love and support cat ladies.
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I love hearing this! Local independent bookshop owners are the best… I’ve definitely fallen in love with this tribe. Thanks for the support, Chris!
Woohoo!! @stephenproctor's new book is finally in my hands! Even the employee at our stellar local bookshop, The Bookman, said to me, "That's a beautiful book!" as I picked up my special order.
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This is pure gold. I’m starting to think JD Vance is a worse VP pick than Sarah Palin https://t.co/xwNV3vAdmh
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"How interconnected are the songwriters creating the CCLI top 100?" More insights from @worshipresearch @Tapper1Mike @adam_a_perez @marcjolicoeur @eliasdummer & Shannan Baker
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Explore a series of interactive visualizations highlighting the interconnectivity of worship music's most powerful networks and the collaborative powerhouses that bridge them.
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Another great listening session with living witnesses of the Charismatic and Jesus Movements in Seattle; this time at Bethany Presbyterian Church. We even sang through the youth songbook from the 1970’s.
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The Fourth of July is about celebrating the big, bold, inclusive experiment that is our American democracy. And it has always been an experiment. Our democracy has never been guaranteed, which means we can’t take it for granted. We need to keep fighting for it, keep improving it,
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Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know. But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself. Between someone who tells the truth; who knows right from wrong and will give it to the
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Unholy crap! My Vigiliae Christianae article just dropped. I argue that an apparently lost letter of Valentinus–on Jesus's lack of excrement–is preserved in Basil of Caesarea's letter collection. https://t.co/IeteAZZtv2
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Crowd sourcing request: I'm looking for videos online of Memorial Day worship services yesterday featuring themes of patriotism and honoring the military. Do you know of one? Please respond. Thanks.
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July 11 is the release date for my book Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care. https://t.co/tWCspNuxCg
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THERE'S A NEW NO. 1 IN TOWN 😈😈😈
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I'm getting off of social media for Lent (save Sundays), but I wanted to share a link to my Ash Wednesday homily before officially exiting. It draws from @Fred_Buechner's essay, "To See is to Love," and it commends the practice of un-hiding for Lent. https://t.co/RcHQvHpp4O
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(I began my Ash Wednesday homily at Church of the Cross by reading an excerpt from Frederick Buechner’s essay, “To see is to love, to love is to see,” in his book, The Remarkable Ordinary . ) What...
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Looking for your next audiobook? Download "Flow: The Ancient Way to Do Contemporary Worship" for 50% off, now through 02/05! @jl_ruth
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Is there a way to do the prescribed or suggested orders of worship from denominational worship resources—such as the United Methodist Book of Worship, Evangelical Lutheran Book of Worship, the Book...
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We have a book cover! Phaedra and I are so pleased to see what the amazing designers at @ivpress came up with and we think it beautifully reflects both the contents and the hopes for this book. So excited! And you can pre-order it here: https://t.co/RsjupaqdkQ
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Greetings, friends & followers, new & old! I've got a website now, where you can find God Gave Rock & Roll to You updates, info on live events, writing news & more. There's even a mailing list! #CCM #GGRRTY
https://t.co/MiHZZXHVLz
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Ok X, as of today, I’m unemployed. Which is ok in the short term, and I had 5 interviews last year with at least 6 applications still pending. I have my PhD viva in a few weeks and have lots of research projects on the go. But! Here’s a short CV thread - please share
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