In our newest Kindlings Muse we bring you a discussion of current film releases, new DVD releases and “films everybody should see” in a discussion featuring Jeffrey Overstreet film critic, author of Auralia’s Colors and Through a Screen Darkly, Jennie Spohr, film producer, reviewer at Past The Popcorn and producer of The Kindlings Muse and Gregory Wright Senior Editor of HollywoodJesus.com and Past the Popcorn.

 

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In our newest Kindlings Muse Show we bring you a discussion of current film releases, new DVD releases and films everybody should see in a discussion featuring Jeffrey Overstreet film critic, author of Auralia’s Colors and Through a Screen Darkly, Jennie Spohr, producer of The Kindlings Muse, and reviewer at Past the Popcorn and Gregory Wright Managing Editor of Past the Popcorn and Senior Editor of HollywoodJesus.com.

 

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On this podcast host Dick Staub hosts a discussion with Nigel Goodwin on “The C.S. Lewis quotes that have shaped me and my thinking.” Nigel Goodwin is a British actor and founder of Genesis Arts an organization that encourages the artistic community in its quest to make good art to God’s glory.

 

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Dick Staub interviewed the great Irish poet Micheal O’Siadhail during the IAM conference in New York earlier this year (2008). Micheal was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and the University of Oslo. A full-time writer, he has published twelve collections of poetry. He was awarded an Irish American Read more

 

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With the release of Joshua Tree, U2 reached rock fame. But more significantly, perhaps, BONO emerged as a prophetic voice in culture and in the church. He once said of his Christian faith: It is what gives me the strength to get up every day and put forth a hundred percent of my energy.” Bono’s influence on faith and culture has been Read more

 

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Since the 1960’s films have engaged the questions once the domain of religion: Who is God? Who are Humans? Where did we come? What is our biggest problem? How do we resolve it? Where are we going? Andrew Greeley put it this way,” my thesis is simple enough: popular culture is a theological place”the locale in which one may Read more

 

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Bob O’ Donnell is a filmmaker, broadcaster (he produced “Unshackled,” the longest running radio drama on the planet!) and actor who created the first documentary (and many say the best) of C.S. Lewis. New to the Seattle area–we wanted to get a firsthand account of his amazing work in

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Glimmers Of Artistic Hope““ I see faint glimmers of hope on the artistic front.“
1) Classical Music Listen to what Aaron Jay Kernis, composer of “Newly Drawn Sky, said to Seattle Symphony conductor Gerard Strauss about his aspirations. “I want to write music that is visceral, that is moving, and that is impeccably put together. I don’t want classical music to be a passive experience. I want it to have as much of an Read more

For this Kindlings Muse, host Dick Staub asked some fellow kindlings to share festive pieces as we welcome in the season. We hope you enjoy this gift of Christmas. Following is a list of the pieces shared. Actor and TV personality Read more

 

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Orcas a Cappella (on Orcas Island, Washington) hosted Damijan Mocnik as composer and director-in-residence and then performed his compositions at the Orcas a Cappella Song Share 07. This young Slovenian composer is gaining international recognition for his work, which is often liturgical and decidedly religious. Dennis Bonner, director of Orcas a Cappella, conducted this interview with Damijan Mocnik and gave us Read more

 

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