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Brett McCracken’s Hipster ChristianityPodcast: Live at Canada West with Bill Hogg 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:28:23 +0000

In our premier Kindlings Muse Canada West broadcast of 2011, Bill Hogg and our cadre of gadflies, film critic Peter T. Chattaway, and filmmaker Kevin Miller, add their wit and wisdom to the discussion. Brett McCracken’s Hipster Christianity. McCracken’s debut book, deconstructs evangelicalism’s quest for cool and considers the trends the church openly embraces. McCracken alleges that we are, “turning Christianity into a shape-shifting chameleon with ever-diminishing ecclesiological confidence and cultural legitimacy.” In an increasingly post-modern society, how should a thoughtful Christian respond? Can church be cool? Should church be cool?

Sundance Report: Higher GroundPodcast: Live from The Windrider Forum @ Sundance Film Festival. Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:10:52 +0000

Windrider co-founder and host Craig Detweiler interviews Carolyn S. Briggs, author of This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost, the autobiography on which the film, Higher Ground is based. With Tim Metcalfe, Carolyn Briggs also wrote the screenplay for this amazing memoir of one woman’s journey in and out of the Jesus movement.

“Peace, Joy & Love.” Cultural Expressions in film, fiction and music that explore and reveal Christmas themes. Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:52:45 +0000

Host Dick Staub leads a discussion inspired by a conversation with Fuller Seminary’s Robert Johnston who has said his personal theological vision is to address the question: “How are we to understand what God is doing outside the church & without reference to Jesus Christ?” How is God speaking through culture itself? On this show we will discuss where Peace, Joy & Love have been explored through Film, Fiction and Music in “secular culture.” Our panelists are Dr. Jeff Keuss: SPU professor and an engaging interpreter of theology in popular culture; Jennie Spohr: producer of TKM, film critic & ordained Presbyterian clergy; and Jeffrey Overstreet: film critic, author of Auralia’s Colors, Cyndere’s Midnight & Raven’s Ladder.

Stieg Larson’s The Millennium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:46:05 +0000

On this episode host Dick Staub and guests discuss Stieg Larson’s runaway bestseller series The Millennium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Our guests are Jennie Spohr producer of TKM, film critic & ordained Presbyterian clergy, and Jeff Keuss SPU professor and an engaging interpreter of theology in popular culture

The Apostle Paul a Friend of Women Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:44:48 +0000

Host Dick Staub with Reverend Earl Palmer in a discussion about the The Apostle Paul and women’s roles in the church. Suggested reading is: Phillip Barton Payne’s, Man and Woman: One in Christ (Zondervan)

Sects, Love, and Rock & Roll Podcast: Live at Canada West with guest host Kevin Miller 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:26:01 +0000

Author Joel Heng Hartse visits The Kindlings Muse @ Canada West to share wit and wisdom from his book, Sects, Love, and Rock & Roll: My Life on Record, his memoirs and critiques of growing up in the Christian music subculture. Regular panelist Kevin Miller pinch-hits as host and leads the panel’s discussion of music and its influence on our developing identities and outlooks.

Truth and Grace in Victor Hugo’s Greatest story Les MiserablesPodcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:48:10 +0000

Host Dick Staub with Reverend Earl Palmer in a discussion about the Truth and Grace in Victor Hugo’s Greatest story Les Miserables. The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.–Volume I, Book V,

Dr. Jeff Keuss: “iPod, YouTube, WiiFit,” friendship through the eyes of emerging adults Podcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2010

Mark — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:29:22 +0000

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. Join us in 2011 on Orcas Island July 27-30, 2011.

Luci Shaw: Friends for the Journey (Madeleine L’Engle) Podcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2010

Mark — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:01:29 +0000

Dick Staub’s book, “About You: Fully Human, Fully Alive!”

Dick Staub — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:01:36 +0000

Hi there! As of today, my newest book, About You, Fully Human: Fully Alive, is now available online and at bookstores everywhere. If I may be so bold as to ask this favor? If you have enjoyed my writing, speaking, broadcasting, podcasting or whatever other contact we’ve had, I hope you run right out and buy a copy or order online for your kindle! Please read it and then post online comments at Amazon, make mentions on your Facebook or blogs, or suggest this book for your book groups ~

In About You I explore three major themes:

One answers the question: What can humans do to please God?
St. Irenaeus answers saying, “The glory of God is man fully alive.”

The second answers the question: What was the mission of Jesus?
Hans Rookmaaker answers saying, Jesus didn’t come to make us Christian; Jesus came to make us fully human.”
Here I try to show Jesus as a humanizer not religionizer

The third answers the question: What does fully human look like?
The answer comes from my own understanding that regardless of nationality, ethnic origin, religion or creed, each and every person on earth is a bearer of God’s image creatively, spiritually, intelligently, morally and relationally in ways unique to them.

Here are some stellar endorsements!
“The human race, in its mass confusion and conflict, asks the existential questions to which there seem to be no solid answers. In the sweep of a mere fourteen chapters, Dick Staub offers us the coherent narrative of the Why of humanity, the How of healing, and the Who of the Creator, giving firm ground for thoughtful questioners to stand on.”
—Luci Shaw, poet and author, Breath for the Bones, Harvesting Fog

“Broadcaster, writer, lover of all things C.S. Lewis, raconteur par excellence and great friend, Dick Staub is one of the few people I’ve met who truly cares about people becoming fully human. He is a faithful and effective guide on the journey to do just that.”
— Bill Kinnon, Moving Image creator, writer, blogger

“Dick Staub’s insight into our present age and our own deep longings lead us on a “rowdy pilgrimage” to discover the riches that lay within our unique design while pointing us to the fully human life.” —Scott and Pam Nolte, theatre artists and co-founders, Taproot Theatre

“Staub’s refreshingly honest book doesn’t flinch at the reality of our fallenness, but offers fresh insight into a profound mystery: Why does God love us? What is wrong with the current picture of our lives? How can it be painted more beautifully and truly to match the vision of the Artist?” —Bruce Herman, artist and Lothlorien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts, Gordon College

“Dick Staub offers a cup of cold, clear water for all of those who thirst for something significant beyond the oft-superficial and bankrupt materialism of the prevailing culture.” —Jeff Johnson, singer and songwriter, Windham Hill/Ark Music

“About You is a profound, capacious research into what we humans might both be and become as we find, focus and follow the intentionality of The Great Artist.”
—Nigel Goodwin, United Kingdom based actor and international arts advocate

“Dick Staub is a thoughtful, creative and insightful thinker, who journey’s into the deep questions of life. About You is a treasure map, where Dick serves as both sage and guide, gently leading us to a broader understanding of our own humanity, it’s source and the fullness therein. A must read for fellow sojourners on the road to becoming fully human.” —John Priddy, CEO, Priddy Brothers

Hope to hear your feedback when you read About You!

TITLE: TKM Canada: The Good Man Jesus & The Scoundrel Christ: The Gospel According to Philip Pullman Podcast: Live at Canada West with Bill Hogg 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:42:06 +0000

Avowed atheist and best-selling author Philip Pullman is known for writing Northern Lights, which was adapted for the silver screen and rebranded The Golden Compass. The atheist undertones in the story sent evangelicals into a frenzy. Pullman’s latest book, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, has been shrouded in far more controversy. This fictionalized retelling of the gospels is the tale of twin brothers, Jesus and Christ, the latter of which is cold, calculating, and manipulative. Pullman uses the charismatic Jesus character to deal the church low blows and criticism. Host Bill Hogg is joined by regular panelist Peter T. Chattaway and newcomer Michael Horner for this rousing edition of The Kindlings.

The Omnivore’s Dilemma & Food Inc. Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:09:38 +0000

Host Dick Staub leads us in a discussion of Michael Pollan’s best-selling book The Omnivore’s Dilemma and the synergistic movie Food Inc. Our guests are Mark Canlis co-owner of Canlis restaurant (one of Seattle’s finest), The Reverend Jennie Spohr, producer of TKM, film critic & ordained Presbyterian clergy and Dr. Jeff Keuss SPU professor and an engaging interpreter of theology in popular culture.

Image Journal Arts and Faith Top Five FilmsPodcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Monique — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:04:21 +0000

Host Dick Staub leads us in a discussion of THE IMAGE JOURNAL top 100 Arts and Faith films LIST. On our panel are Jeffrey Overstreet, film critic, author of Auralia’s Colors, Cyndere’s Midnight, Raven’s Ladder & Through a Screen Darkly; Rev Jennie Spohr ordained Presbyterian pastor, producer of the Kindlings Muse and a gadfly on a myriad of issues; Greg Wolfe, Founder & Editor of Image Journal.

Bearing the MysteryPodcast: Live At Image Journal on Orcas Island Segment 1 of 1

Mark — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:47:02 +0000

It has been said that, “a literary quarterly exists to acquaint unpopular writers with one another’s writings.” That is often true: but not always. Since its founding in 1989, Image Journal has not only emerged as one of North America’s leading quarterlies but has also carved out a unique identity as the source for contemporary art and literature that grapple with the perennial questions of religious faith. In this show we will feature the book Bearing the Mystery (Eerdmans 2010), which brings together in one handsome volume the best of Image Journal’s first twenty years — The book features an all-star cast of seventy writers including Scott Cairns, Annie Dillard, Clyde Edgerton, Patricia Hampl, Ron Hansen, Edward Hirsch, Linda Hogan, Denise Levertov, Kathleen Norris, Richard Rodrieguez and Wim Wenders.Also featured are over twenty visual artists. Our first guest is Gregory Wolfe publisher and editor of Image Journal, writer-in-residence and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Seattle Pacific University. We will also feature readings from Image Journal Board member and poet Luci Shaw followed by IMAGE Journal Staffers Taylor Morris, Anna Johnson and Dyana Herron.

C. S. Lewis: Letters to Malcolm Chiefly On Prayer Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:52:50 +0000

Host Dick Staub with Reverend Earl Palmer in a lively discussion about the last published work of C.S. Lewis. This show originates from the Burke Museum Cafe on the campus of the University of Washington.

TITLE: TKM Canada: Social Media and Amusing Ourselves to DeathPodcast: Live at Canada West with Bill Hogg 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:24:07 +0000

Listen in as Bill Hogg hosts Kindlings Canada West regulars Dr Allyson Jule and Peter Chattaway as they are joined in lively conversation by Dr Carson Pue. Carson Pue is the president of Arrow Leadership and the best selling author of “Mentoring Leaders: Wisdom for Developing Character, Calling and Competency.” In 1985, Neil Postman published his most celebrated work, Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Postman bemoaned the influence of television. What would Postman say about our immersion in social media?

The Lovely Bones Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:11:38 +0000

Host Dick Staub leads us in a discussion about a world described by the SF Chronicle as “savagely beautiful that comes alive in a strange and compelling novel.” The book is The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold. The NYT said it is “mesmerizing ~ taking the stuff of neighborhood tragedy and turning it into literature.” Both the book and Peter Jackson movie version intertwine elements of a coming of age novel, a mystery, an exploration of the afterlife & heaven and an exploration of one family’s dysfunction & discontent exposed more clearly by tragedy. Our guests tonight are The Reverend Jennie Spohr, producer of TKM, film critic & ordained Presbyterian clergy and Dr. Jeff Keuss SPU professor and an engaging interpreter of theology in popular culture.

Dorothy Sayers: “The Whimsical Christian””Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:58:39 +0000

Tonight host Dick Staub and Rev. Earl Palmer explore Dorothy Sayers, English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist & Christian humanist, through a a series of essays originally published as The Whimsical Christian and later most are found in “Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine.”

President George Washington: Not Enamored of PowerPodcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:48:14 +0000

Host Dick Staub and Rev Earl Palmer appear live at the historic NATIONAL Presbyterian Church in Washington DC, where they discuss President George Washington: The Man, His Life Journey, His Greatness as An American Leader as seen through the lens of three books:1) David McCullough’s 1776; 2) Joseph Ellis’ His Excellency3) George Washington’s Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior In Company & conversation.

Theology of Academy Award Nominees Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:26:48 +0000

Dick Staub welcomes you to the annual Theology of Academy Award Nominees show in which we ask three questions of the best picture nominees: 1) Where is God or Who is God in this film? 2) What is the human condition/dilemma addressed in this film? 3) What is redemption in this film and how is it found? On our panel is Jeffrey Overstreet, film critic and author; Jennie Spohr, producer of The Kindlings Muse and Gregory Wright, managing editor of Hollywood Jesus.com & Past the Popcorn and publisher of W. John MacGregor’s West of the Gospel, due to be released this summer. The ten nominees are: Avatar: An Education; Up in the Air; Inglourious Basterds; A Serious Man; Hurt Locker; Up; District 9; Precious and The Blind Side.

Fingerprints of God: The Science of Spirituality” by Barbara Haggerty Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:17:42 +0000

In her book Fingerprints of God NPR religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Haggerty set out in search for a science of spirituality. Interviewing leading neurologists, physicists, psychologists and a burgeoning breed of scientists intent on researching the physical imprint of the spiritual, her book offers a travelogue through the world of research into the reality of the unseen. In this podcast host Dick Staub discusses her findings with Adrian Wyard, founder of counterbalance.org, Reverend Jennie Spohr and Cindy Fitch, professor of biology at Seattle Pacific University.

Three Ways to understand the World.” One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Alexander SolzhenitsynPodcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:08:25 +0000

Welcome to The Kindlings Muse @ Earl Palmer Ministries. This event is taped for podcast in front of a live audience at the Burke Museum Café on the campus of the university of Washington. Each month we feature the Reverend Earl Palmer selecting and then discussing a book thinking Christians ought to read. In this show host Dick Staub and Earl Palmer discuss Three Ways to Understand the World as explored in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. With the publication of this book, in 1962, during the brief Kruschev thaw, Solzhenitsyn became an international sensation. The story is set in a Soviet labor camp in the 1950s, and describes a single day of an ordinary prisoner.

The Defiant Traditionalist Who Believed in God: Orthodoxy, by G.K. Chesterton Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:42:51 +0000

The End of Faith? Podcast: Live At Canada West with Bill Hogg. Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:51 +0000

Description: Host Bill Hogg & panelists Dr. Allyson Jule author and Co-Director of gender Studies Institute at Trinity Western University; culture watcher, movie critic and Charlton Heston fan boy Peter Chattaway ; award-winning screenwriter Kevin Miller who has appeared as Lex Luthor on Smallville engage in a lively exchange about the New Atheism as espoused by its acerbic proponents Dawkins ,Hitchens and Maher.

Dr. Jerry Root: Broken Beauty, Art and the Awakening of DesirePodcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2009

Mark — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:28:59 +0000

KindlingsFest 2009 explored theme of Broken Beauty with Dr. Jerry Root, Nigel Goodwin and artists-in-residence Bruce Herman, Michael Ward, Rick Stevenson and Michael Kelly Blanchard.

Dr. Jerry Root: Broken Beauty: Madness, the Arts, and the Restoration of Sanity Podcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2009

Mark — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:56:52 +0000

KindlingsFest 2009 explored theme of Broken Beauty with Dr. Jerry Root, Nigel Goodwin and artists-in-residence Bruce Herman, Michael Ward, Rick Stevenson and Michael Kelly Blanchard.

Angels and Demons; Departures; Star Trek; Audience of One; Times and Winds; Wise Blood; The Wrestler; A Walk to Beautiful; Lord of the Rings on Blu-ray; Moon.TKM Live at The Movies Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:03:14 +0000

Host Dick Staub facilitates a discussion of film with author and film critic Jeffrey Overstreet , producer and film critic Jennie Spohr and Greg Wright Managing Editor of Hollywood Jesus and Past The Popcorn. Films discussed on this podcast include: Angels and Demons; Departures; Star Trek; Audience of One; Times and Winds; Wise Blood; The Wrestler; A Walk to Beautiful; Lord of the Rings on Blu-ray; Moon.

Unmistakably Real: The Touchstone of Reality in Two Whimsical Books of C. S. Lewis Books to read: The Silver Chair and The Screwtape Letters Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:07:59 +0000

Welcome to The Kindlings Muse @ Earl Palmer Ministries. This event is taped for podcast in front of a live audience at the Burke Museum Café on the campus of the university of Washington. Each month we feature the Reverend Earl Palmer selecting and then discussing a book thinking Christians ought to read. In this show host Dick Staub and Earl Palmer discuss Unmistakably Real: The Touchstone of Reality in Two Whimsical Books of C. S. Lewis. Books to read: The Silver Chair and The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis.

Dr. Os Guinness: You Only Live Once ~ calling, the ultimate game plan for life Podcast: Live at The Kindlings WinterFest 2009 Segment 1 of 1

Mark — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:43:18 +0000

The fourth of four lectures by Os Guinness on Orcas Island, January 2009.

I. Friday 7 PM: The Journey – A thinking person’s quest for meaning
II. Saturday 10 AM: Survival of the Fastest ~ living sanely when life is fired point blank
III. Saturday 7 PM A World Safe for Diversity ~ living with our deepest differences in a world of exploding pluralism
IV. Sunday 10 AM: You Only Live Once ~ calling, the ultimate game plan for life

Christ and Culture: The Christian Inside or Outside Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:47:00 +0000

Welcome to The Kindlings Muse @ Earl Palmer Ministries. This event is taped for podcast in front of a live audience at the Burke Museum Café on the campus of the university of Washington. Each month we feature the Reverend Earl Palmer selecting and then discussing a book thinking Christians ought to read. In this show host Dick Staub and Earl Palmer discuss, Christ and Culture: The Christian Inside or Outside
Books to read: The Culturally Savvy Christian by Dick Staub, and Christ and Culture by Richard Niebhur