Eugene Peterson asks “Is U2 a prophetic voice?” in the forward of “Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog.” In this Dick Staub interview, author Beth Maynard answers the questions in the affirmative in a provocative discussion about U2’s lyrical relevance for today’s spiritual seeker and finder.

 

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The nice thing about getting older is there is hardly a mistake you have not made, so you recognize them when they are coming. (Unless one of the not so nice things about getting old has settled in ~ the loss of memory). I awoke this morning with a simple observation that I don’t have time to flesh out, but will simply state and develop later. Here it comes and it is breathtaking (or disappointing) in its simplicity: The problems with American Christianity are Read more

A reprise of Dick Staub’s interview with George Sayer who tells the story of his first meeting with CS Lewis followed by a report to JRR Tolkien. “I walked away from New Buildings and found the man that Lewis had called Tollers sitting on one of the stone steps in front of the arcade. “How did you get on?” he asked. “I think Read more

 

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In August 2007 Dick Staub interviewed C.S. Lewis stepson Douglas Gresham aboard Sea Cloud II as it sailed on the Irish Sea. This First Century Voyages trip also included presentations from Lewis’ Scholar Dr. Jerry Root from Wheaton College.

 

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