Host Dick Staub leads a discussion of Welcome annual “theology of academy award nominees show” with Jeffery Overstreet, film critic & author Jennie Spohr, producer of The Kindlings Muse, and Dr. Christine Chaney associate professor of English and chair of the English department at Seattle Pacific University. We look at the themes of this year’s best picture nominees. 127 Hours, Black Swan, Inception, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right, The King’s Speech, Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit and Winter’s Bone.
Posted in "Live @ Hales", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Movies, Music, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality in February 28, 2011 by Dick Staub | 4 Comments »
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?
Posted in "Live @ Western Canada With Bill Hogg", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Celebrity, Consumerism, Movies, Music, News, Performing Arts (Dance and Theatre), Seekers On Journey, Writing in February 17, 2011 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
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.
Posted in "Live at Sundance/Windrider", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Movies, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality in January 28, 2011 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
Host Dick Staub leads a discussion on “everything you want to know about film festivals bit were afraid to ask,” with Jeff Sparks, founder of the Heartland Film Festival; emerging filmmaker Josh Weigel, whose film The Butterfly Circus won awards for best short film and audience favorite at Heartland 2010; Ralph Winter, veteran Hollywood filmmaker and John Priddy, co-founder of the Windrider Forum.
Posted in "Live at Sundance/Windrider", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Movies, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality in January 26, 2011 by Dick Staub | 1 Comment »
Is religion the new comeback kid? Since the 1960s my work has involved understanding faith and culture and interpreting each for the other. If there is one consistent theme over those years, it has been that most Americans are very comfortable describing themselves as “spiritual,” but definitely do not want to be described as “religious.” But is religion making a comeback and is Sundance Film Festival an indicator? Read more.
Posted in Kindlings Hearth Alum Blog, Movies in January 24, 2011 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
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.
Posted in "Live @ Hales", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Celebrity, Movies, Music, Poetry, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality in December 29, 2010 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
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
Posted in "Live @ Hales", "Live @ The Movies", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Movies, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality, Visual Arts (Architecture, Design, Fashion, Painting in December 3, 2010 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
On this episode host Dick Staub and guests discuss “Oh the Horrors”: vampire and zombie movies as a genre, & a commentary on culture and on US! Guests include Jeffrey Overstreet, film critic, author, Jennie Spohr producer of TKM, film critic & ordained Presbyterian clergy, and first-timer: Dr. Christine Chaney associate professor of English and chair of the English department at Seattle Pacific University. She was founding review editor of the scholarly journal Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture (Duke University Press)
Posted in "Live @ Hales", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Movies, Obit, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality, Writing in November 3, 2010 by Dick Staub | 2 Comments »
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,
Posted in "Live @ Earl Palmer Ministries", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Justice Issues, Movies, Music, Performing Arts (Dance and Theatre), Seekers On Journey, Writing in October 19, 2010 by Dick Staub | 1 Comment »
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.
Posted in "Live @ KindlingsFest", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Celebrity, Movies, Music, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality, Writing in September 29, 2010 by Mark | No Comments »
