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What do a scratch academy DJ and church pastor have in common? More than you’d think, according to DJ Hapa and Kimberly Wilson. Hapa is director of the internationally acclaimed Scratch Academy and XX is a student at Fuller Theological Seminary, whose paths crossed when Kimberly began exploring the metaphor of â€�...“pastor as DJ.” Hapa describes a DJ’s unique form of musician-ship as one of de-composition and re-composition. The DJ can’t just passively listen to music and say, â€�...“I like this or that,” but instead has to figure out what’s going on underneath the surface sound. When you listen to the words, the sounds, and the beats, you can find connections in songs that you never thought had any synergy.

You can get into a rut even as a DJ, says Hapa -- playing the same club, the same music tracks Friday night after Friday night. This may be what the listener wants to hear—or think they want to hear. But when Hapa began to dig into the music, ...