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With Heart and Hope: An Evening with Carrie Newcomer with Pianist Gary Walters
Carrie Newcomer invites listeners to pause the perpetual motion of their lives on her album release tour. This concert will feature her September 2016 album, The Beautiful Not Yet.
"Life is always lived between then and soon, right here and now, in the beautiful not yet," Newcomer says. In these new songs, she explores how we might live more present, engaged lives, even in the face of division, uncertainty, or heartbreak.
Like her previous work, these songs reflect her deeply spiritual view of the world that grows out of her contemplative Quaker faith. "I've always been more intrigued by good questions than easy answers," she says. "Questions like, what sustains and connects us? Where do we find help in hard times? When I stop and pull back the layers of distraction, what is at the very heart of my life?"
Newcomer considers herself a spiritual progressive, and is a prominent voice for interfaith dialogue, and also social and environmental justice. Her thoughtful approach to spirituality has led to appearances on programs such as public radios "On Being" with Krista Tippet and PBS's "Religion and Ethics."
Newcomer is touring with pianist Gary Walters who works in a variety of musical genres, with his first love being jazz. The creative and synergistic rapport between her vocals and guitar, and his keyboard are as sweet and smooth as chocolate melting in one's mouth.
"In The Beautiful Not Yet, Carrie Newcomer takes us to places that are at once familiar and extraordinary. She gently tugs at the veil concealing the sacred within the ordinary, revealing a world of possibility and wonder that we have always known to be there but did not have the words to describe." - The Rev. Eric Elnes, Ph.D., activist minister.
www.carrienewcomer.com
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LocationFirst Christian Church (View)
210 N. 5th Street
Ponca City, OK 74601
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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