Luci Shaw: Friends for the Journey (Madeleine L'Engle) Podcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2010
KindlingsFest 2010 explored theme of “Friends for the Journey" with Luci Shaw, Dr. Hal Poe, Dr. Jeff Keuss, Nigel Goodwin, Dr. Jerry Root, Jeff Johnson, and artists-in-residence Kathy Hastings, Bob Bennett and Corrie Moore. In this podcasts Luci Shaw shares stories and reflections on her friendship with Madeleine L'Engle and the book they wrote Friends [...]
Dallas Willard. "In Search of Guidance" Podcast: Dick Staub Show Interview Part 1 of 4
Before Dallas Willard's bestselling "The Divine Conspiracy," he wrote a simple book titled, "In Search of Guidance, Developing a Conversational Relationship With God," in which he argued that everyday people can receive guidance from God. This Dick Staub Interview is from 1993 when the book first came out and showcases Dallas Willard's incisive, logical approach [...]
The Aftermath, By Rhidian Brook – A Review
A profoundly moving novel of occupation and denazification in postwar Hamburg…
Mandatory Time Off: Work Less, Enjoy Life More. Podcast: Live At Hales
Are you working more and enjoying life less? In the 90's Juliet Schor wrote a book titled "The Overworked American" arguing among other things that the typical American worker puts in nine weeks more on the job than his or her European counterpart. A recent report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research argues [...]
Brennan Manning: Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God. Podcast: Journeys Interview Segment 1 of 4
Brennan Manning was the Catholic-priest-turned-itinerant-evangelist who wrote the popular Ragamuffin Gospel. In Ruthless Trust he explores the question: “Can God be Trusted," and moves the conversation beyond simple intellectual assent to a deeper experience of joy found in passionately trusting God. A gem of an interview found in the Dick Staub archives from a man [...]
“The Artist's Life." Live At Hales: What is it like to make your living with your art?
What is it like to make your living with your art? The fame? The fortune? The Limos? Each of us has a unique creativity but only a few pursue their artistic impulses… and only a few of those are able to make their living at it. The rest wonder—chip away at their novel, poem, songwriting, [...]
Love and Truth Together in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
Where do Love and Truth exhibit complimentary, generative outcomes in Raskolnikov's life? How did Dostoyevsky come to write the such a compelling story that affirms the oft-resisted truth that joy is found in suffering, redemption found in confession and owning up to our darkness? Earl Palmer and Dick Staub take a thorough look at a [...]
The New Atheists: Dawkins. Harris. Dennett – Live At Hales, pt. 2 of 3
In the Part 2 of 3, Dr. John West of the Discovery Institute joins Adrian Wyard of the Counterbalance Foundation as we continue to explore Gary Wolfe's fascinating article on the new atheists in Wired Magazine. Here is an excerpt from his introduction: “This the challenge posed by the New Atheists. We are called upon, [...]
Malcolm Guite -On Reading the Commedia
And so I start again, here in the middle, The middle of a life I scarcely know…
The New Atheists: Dawkins, Harris, and Dennett. Live At Hales, pt. 1 of 3
Adrian Wyard of the Counterbalance Foundation helps us explore Gary Wolfe's fascinating article on the new atheists in Wired Magazine. Here is an excerpt from his introduction. "This the challenge posed by the New Atheists. We are called upon, we lax agnostics, we noncommittal nonbelievers, we vague deists who would be embarrassed to defend antique [...]