Jason Shelton

A smiling Jason Shelton (wearing a suit and tie!)

Rev. Jason Shelton is a musician and consultant. In addition to Jason's work as a composer (The Fire of CommitmentAnswering the Call of LoveLife Calls Us On, and many more!), he is an active choral conductor and worship leader, and an advocate for using music as a means of creating community in multi-faith, multi-cultural environments. Formerly a Franciscan brother, Jason received an M.Div. from Vanderbilt Divinity School in 2003 and was ordained to the Unitarian Universalist ministry in 2004. He resigned from the Unitarian Universalist ministry in 2019.

From Jason Shelton

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"We want our children back. There are too many gone too soon." In December 2017, Rev. Jason Shelton was invited to lead singing at the fifth anniversary of the Newtown massacre, at a vigil in front of the headquarters of the NRA. He wrote this song of lament for the occasion, because he couldn’t...

Music | By Jason Shelton | February 17, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Children, Death, Direct Experience, Disaster, Disaster or Crisis, Parents, Sadness, Violence

"Love, once again, break our hearts open wide." Thanks to Rev. Jason Shelton for providing the sheet music (PDF) for this song.

Music | By Jason Shelton | August 13, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Caring, Contemplation, Despair, Empathy, Humanism, Love, Pain, Secular, Strength, Unitarian Universalism, Universalism

Listen to the song in your heart; listen to the song in your heart. A song of love, ev'ryone has a part; listen to the song in your heart. The Song in Your Heart https://www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/the_song_in_your_heart… Music (PDF)...

Music | By Jason Shelton | March 2, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Arts & Music, Love, Unitarian Universalism, Vulnerability

Bass/Low: Let us love; let us serve; let us honor one another, Yes! Melody: Love one another; serve one another; honor one another, together hand in hand. Love one another; serve one another; honor one another, that's how we understand. Descant: Let us love! Let us love, love, love. Additional...

Music | By Jason Shelton | March 2, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Arts & Music, Commitment, Community, Love, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Service, Unitarian Universalism

Holy waters.... holy waters... holy waters... holy waters Holy waters, make us new. Holy waters, make us whole. Holy waters, make us free.

Music | By Jason Shelton | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Awe, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, Sacred, Unitarian Universalism, Water Communion, Wholeness

I. Background The question of cultural appropriation (sometimes called misappropriation) is a hot topic among ministers and other worship leaders in our time. I first remember hearing about it couched in a story of worship leaders who had adapted certain First Nations rituals for use in Unitarian...

Handout | By Jason Shelton | December 10, 2011 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About
Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian Universalism, Racial Justice

We were the kids who didn’t quite fit in.

Feature | By Jason Shelton | July 18, 2010 | From UU World
Tagged as: Culture
By Jason Shelton | April 23, 2006 | From Spirit
Tagged as: Spiritual Practice, Personal Inspiration

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