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The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite:

Dear Friend of Staublog & The Kindlings

“In a poem every word must pull its own weight,” so said Irish poet Micheal O’Siadhail, as he and I talked over coffee about the cheapening of words in today’s culture.

It strikes me that the words that matter most, the Christmas words, are being robbed of their rich meaning in our casual gift card use these days.

Peace. Joy. Love. Thanksgiving. For these words to carry their own weight in the Holiday Season and year around, this is my prayer. The spiritual substance of these hoped for not yet fully seen gifts from God are ours when we allow God’s spirit to carry the weight of our lives, the burdens of our souls and all our heartaches and fears.

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Dick Staub hosts the annual Kindlings Muse Christmas show at Hales with guests including artist Kathy Hastings, producer & actor Jennie Spohr, poet & novelist Maureen McQuerry, theologian, Jeff Keuss, actor Carlo Nakar, and singer/songwriter Mark Mohrlang.

 

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In this show host Dick Staub and Earl Palmer discuss Fanny Crosby whose story is told in Edith Blumhofer’s, “Her Heart Can See” America’s Songwriter. Story of Her Life and Her Songs:” Fanny Crosby was a hymn writer and poetess who wrote 9,000 hymns.. Blind, deeply committed to the poor, friend of the rich, famous and US Presidents, she was smart as a whip and unimpressed with the likes of P.T. Barnum (who tried to hire her!).  Crosby’s lyrics have inspired and informed the spiritual journey of millions.

 

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Why are Canadian young people leaving the church? Why are young adults disconnecting from their childhood and adolescent faith? What can we do to address this? Listen in as your irrepressible host Bill Hogg ignites the conversation with our lively panelists: Trinity, Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn. Better known as Kindlings regular Dr Allyson Jule Co-director of the Gender Studies Institute @ Trinity Western; Marv Penner the Yoda of Canadian Youth Ministry. Marv the executive director of All About Youth, Director of Youth Specialties Canada, and oversees the Canadian Center for Adolescent Research. Andy Harrington rounds out our panel; he is Executive Director of Greater Vancouver YFC/Youth Unlimited.  He has a passion for social justice and a heart to see young lives transformed by the power of God.

 

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