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 »
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?
Posted in "Live @ Western Canada With Bill Hogg", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Celebrity, Consumerism, Movies, Music, News, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality in April 28, 2010 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
Host Dick Staub discusses a film the NYT describes as “A big, warm hug of feel-better entertainment and a community salve.” The film tells the story of New York-based actor James Lecesne, choreographer Gerry McIntyre and musical director Randy Redd Who embark on a journey to New Orleans to see how they can help in the aftermath of Katrina. The artists quickly discover St. Mark’s Community Center at the edge of the historic French Quarter. It had been hit hard and forced to close, leaving a tremendous hole in the neighborhood’s heart. Why not mount a Broadway production with local teenage talent a raise money for the community? Writer/Director Hilla Medalia and Producers John and Ed Priddy are our guests as we discuss this thought-provoking, heart-warming story.
Posted in "Live @ The Movies", "Live at Sundance/Windrider", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Celebrity, Justice Issues, Movies, Music, News, Performing Arts (Dance and Theatre), Seekers On Journey, Spirituality, Writing in February 16, 2010 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
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.
Posted in "Live @ Hales", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, News, Science, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality in November 29, 2009 by Dick Staub | 1 Comment »
A Dick Staub conversation with Anne Rice. You can’t judge a book by its cover goes the old adage. After years of interviewing culturally influential authors I would add, neither can you always judge the author by the book. Who knew Margaret Atwood, author of “A Handmaid’s Tale,” would tell me (off-the-air) of her insistence on attending Sunday School as a child, 55
Posted in "Live @ Dick Staub Interviews", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Celebrity, Movies, News, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality, Writing in August 28, 2008 by The Kindlings Muse | No Comments »
Originally posted on 3/9/2005. David Scholer, one of my dearest mentor who died last Friday after a long battle with cancer. Here is a piece in which I expressed my appreciation for this man who changed my life. What to make of a filmmaker who “is bored with and doesn’t like blockbuster films” and “doesn’t want to market to please the entire planet”…a guy who “wants a third voice, to make quality films about challenging subjects and still reach people” How about Oscar buzz and overnight success?Such is the experience of Christophe Barratie of France who wrote and directed one of this year’s most endearing and best films. Set in 1949 France “The Chorus” is the story of Clement Mathieu, a quiet, music loving teacher, 55
Posted in Kindlings Hearth Alum Blog, Movies, News, Obit, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality in August 26, 2008 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
A few years ago Vanity Fair said, “Oprah Winfrey arguably has more influence on the culture than any university president, politician or religious leader except the Pope.” Christianity Today observed, “to her audience of more than 22 million mostly female viewers, she has become a post-modern priestess—an icon of church-free spirituality.” This past year Oprah revealed the identity 55
Posted in "Live @ Hales", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Celebrity, News, Science, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality in June 4, 2008 by The Kindlings Muse | No Comments »
My friend Marty sent me an email that said. “Watch This.” Good friends don’t waste good friends time in seasons where there is none to be wasted, so I knew he meant business…the business of rekindling creativity among thoughtful creatives for whom God is of central importance. I now pass it on to you. “Watch it! Taped at the renowned TEDS event, Sir Ken Robinson asks: “Do schools kill creativity?” The questions he raises and implications of his answers are simple and profound. Best of all–he tells a story of a little girl drawing God that I’ve been 55
Posted in Books, Movies, Music, News, Performing Arts (Dance and Theatre), Poetry, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality, Visual Arts (Architecture, Design, Fashion, Painting, Writing in May 20, 2008 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
In this special edition hosted by Dick Staub, we asked each of our three movie critics to select their favorite films of 2007. Here are their picks and comments from Jeffrey Overstreet, film critic, author of Auralia’s Colors and Through a Screen Darkly, Greg Wright Managing Editor of HollywoodJesus.com and Past the Popcorn and our own Jennie Spohr, producer of TKM, contributor to Past the Popcorn and a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary.
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On the afternoon of March 29, 2002 the world was shaken when an 18 year-old Palestinian girl and suicide bomber, entered a market where she detonated a bomb, killing herself, injuring 30 and killing a 17 year-old Israeli girl. No one was shaken more than the mothers of 55
Posted in "Live at Sundance/Windrider", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Justice Issues, Movies, News, Obit, Seekers On Journey, Spirituality in January 29, 2008 by The Kindlings Muse | No Comments »
