Host Dick Staub is joined by a live audience at Taproot Theatre in Seattle’s Greenwood district that had just seen the play DOUBT, which won playwright John Patrick Shanley the Pulitzer Prize, Obie and Tony awards. Seattle Times theatre critic Jeff Shannon said DOUBT is timeless, flawless and dramatically foolproof Read more

 

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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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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, painting Wonder if they Read more

 

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On this podcast Dick Staub turns the reins of The Kindlings Muse over to his trusted friend Bill Hogg a man with that rare blend of wisdom and wit delivered in the tongue of one who speaks in the accent he swears we will hear in heaven. They are talking about Dick Staub’s newest book The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite,described by scholar/pastor NT Wright as “an urgent book for our times.” One recent reader encouraged the author with these words, “The new book, what can I say? I laughed. I cried. I felt one with the cosmos. I craved macaroni and cheese for three weeks. I did the Hokey Pokey and turned myself around until I couldn’t stand up! Enjoy!

 

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Filmmaker Sidney Pollack was asked recently about the steady deterioration of the aesthetic and intelligence of American film. What he said is illuminating: “Are American films bad? A lot of them surely are, and so are a lot of everybody else’s, the way most anything produced is bad”breakfast cereals, music, most chairs, architecture, mail-order shirts. There probably hasn’t been a really beautiful rake since the Shakers stopped making farm implements!” In the visual arts, the abandonment of an artistic sensibility rooted in the good, the true and the beautiful led art critic Brian Sewell to say of the avant-garde gallery scene of the twentieth century’s last decade, “If this is art, I know no word that fits the work of Michelangelo and Titian.  In the breadth of application of Christian thought to all of life.”CS Lewis made observations about faith and art. What would CS Lewis do?

 

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Filmmaker Sidney Pollack was asked recently about the steady deterioration of the aesthetic and intelligence of American film. What he said is illuminating: “Are American films bad? A lot of them surely are, and so are a lot of everybody else’s, the way most anything produced is bad”breakfast cereals, music, most chairs, architecture, mail-order shirts. There probably hasn’t been a really beautiful rake since the Shakers stopped making farm implements!” In the visual arts, the abandonment of an artistic sensibility rooted in the good, the true and the beautiful led art critic Brian Sewell to say of the avant-garde gallery scene of the twentieth century’s last decade, “If this is art, I know no word that fits the work of Michelangelo and Titian. In the breadth of application of Christian thought to all of life. CS Lewis made observations about faith and art. What would CS Lewis do?

 

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Filmmaker Sidney Pollack was asked recently about the steady deterioration of the aesthetic and intelligence of American film. What he said is illuminating: “Are American films bad? A lot of them surely are, and so are a lot of everybody else’s, the way most anything produced is bad”breakfast cereals, music, most chairs, architecture, mail-order shirts. There probably hasn’t been a really beautiful rake since the Shakers stopped making farm implements!” In the visual arts, the abandonment of an artistic sensibility rooted in the good, the true and the beautiful led art critic Brian Sewell to say of the avant-garde gallery scene of the twentieth century’s last decade, “If this is art, I know no word that fits the work of Michelangelo and Titian.” In the breadth of application of Christian thought to all of life. CS Lewis made observations about faith and art. What would CS Lewis do?

 

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Dick Staub’s interview with cartoonist Johnny Hart took place in 1995. Hart, creator the award-winning “B.C.” comic strip, died last Saturday (April 7, 2007) at the age of 76. “B.C.,” with its prehistoric cavemen and dinosaurs was launched in 1958 and was eventually carried by over 1,300 newspapers with an audience of 100 million. Hart’s insertion of religious themes, starting one EASTER, revealed a man of serious faith who sought ways to thoughtfully challenge his readers about their beliefs.

Forty years in the making, Dick’s provocative new book reveals the lessons he’s learned as a leading interpreter of faith and culture and is generating a lot of constructive dialogue among thoughtful creatives. It has also caught the attention of booksellers, with Barnes and Noble, Borders and online retailer Amazon all pre-ordering more copies than expected! Check out a description of the book, some amazing endorsements, the latest reviews and learn a bit more about the author, Dick Staub. If you’d like to book Dick as a speaker for an upcoming event contact CRS Communications. (Act quickly, 2007 is almost full and 2008 is filling up fast!) Most importantly order your own copy of the “The Culturally Savvy Christian”, read it and see if you agree with the critics, then tell your friends!

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While the new movie “Amazing Grace” is introducing many to William Wilberforce for the first time, Murray Watts of the UK wrote a one-person play celebrating Wilberforce’s life over a decade ago. Here we bring you George Scranton, actor and Theatre Professor at Seattle Pacific University with an excerpt from Murray Watt’s “The Walk.”

 

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