{"id":24987,"date":"2024-11-26T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=24987"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:33:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:33:11","slug":"tribute-to-j-brian-craig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/tribute-to-j-brian-craig\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to J. Brian Craig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As disciples around the world continue to celebrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/j-brian-craig-goes-home-to-the-lord\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/j-brian-craig-goes-home-to-the-lord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">life of J. Brian Craig<\/a>, we are thankful to have many ways to remember his impact. Enjoy the beautiful worship tribute by Broward Church, and a sampling of podcast episodes below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LBsSYVcr5ck?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brian&#8217;s podcasts from his blog <a href=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monday Morning Music<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\/2021\/08\/09\/new-songs-and-worship-styles-interview-with-broward-church-worship\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\/2021\/08\/09\/new-songs-and-worship-styles-interview-with-broward-church-worship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New songs and worship styles with Broward Worship<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/01\/how-personal-story-frames-our-view-of-worship-joshua-taliaferro\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/01\/how-personal-story-frames-our-view-of-worship-joshua-taliaferro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How personal story frames our view of worship with Joshua Taliaferro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\/2022\/09\/19\/planning-conference-worship-ross-lippencott\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\/2022\/09\/19\/planning-conference-worship-ross-lippencott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Planning conference worship with Ross Lippencott<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Podcasts featuring Brian:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/robskinner.libsyn.com\/303-the-best-of-the-rsp-interview-with-brian-craig-living-with-a-terminal-illness\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/robskinner.libsyn.com\/303-the-best-of-the-rsp-interview-with-brian-craig-living-with-a-terminal-illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rob Skinner Podcast: Living with a terminal illness<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/robskinner.libsyn.com\/302-best-of-the-rsp-interview-with-brian-craig-from-2020-prior-to-cancer-diagnosis\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/robskinner.libsyn.com\/302-best-of-the-rsp-interview-with-brian-craig-from-2020-prior-to-cancer-diagnosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob Skinner Podcast: Interview with Brian Craig<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\/2021\/04\/12\/how-spiritual-identity-fuels-creativity-podcast-with-michael-p-lovett\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jbriancraig.wordpress.com\/2021\/04\/12\/how-spiritual-identity-fuels-creativity-podcast-with-michael-p-lovett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael P. Lovett Podcast: How spiritual identity fuels creativity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hstNvK-vmWo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brian&#8217;s memorial is scheduled for Saturday, December 7th at 1:00 pm PST at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach CA. The service will be live-streamed on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/southbaychurch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Bay Church YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0for those who would like to join virtually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As disciples around the world continue to celebrate the life of J. Brian Craig, we are thankful to have many&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71,12],"tags":[],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-24987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-testimonials"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/j-brian-craig-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Sunday Awolowo","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/sawolowo\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-6v1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24878,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/j-brian-craig-goes-home-to-the-lord\/","url_meta":{"origin":24987,"position":0},"title":"J. 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