The New Masculinity and the Changing Face of Action Flicks
What is in today's culture that makes a man? How does our culture understand masculinity? How is it portrayed in the increase of Comic Book hero and Action films? Is it accurate? Overzealous? Absurd? All the above? Host Jennie Spohr, Dr. Jeff Keuss, Jeffrey Overstreet, and Dr. Christine Chaney dig into the action films that shape our understanding of Masculinity. Podcast: Play [...]
Luci Shaw: Friends for the Journey (Madeleine L'Engle) Podcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2010
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. In this podcasts Luci Shaw shares stories and reflections on her friendship with Madeleine L'Engle and the book they wrote Friends [...]
Dallas Willard. "In Search of Guidance" Podcast: Dick Staub Show Interview Part 1 of 4
Before Dallas Willard's bestselling "The Divine Conspiracy," he wrote a simple book titled, "In Search of Guidance, Developing a Conversational Relationship With God," in which he argued that everyday people can receive guidance from God. This Dick Staub Interview is from 1993 when the book first came out and showcases Dallas Willard's incisive, logical approach [...]
Mandatory Time Off: Work Less, Enjoy Life More. Podcast: Live At Hales
Are you working more and enjoying life less? In the 90's Juliet Schor wrote a book titled "The Overworked American" arguing among other things that the typical American worker puts in nine weeks more on the job than his or her European counterpart. A recent report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research argues [...]
Lauren Winner – How do you begin moving forward again? WinterFest 2013 Pt. 3
This years WinterFest theme was: My Spiritual Journey (So Far), Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis. In the third of four talks, author Lauren Winner, talks about the space after the darkness, the moving forward, looking for the hiddenness of God and rethinking your idea of the God you are looking for. “When kids play hide and seek [...]
Live at Hale's: A Look Into “Downton Abbey"
Why are so many Americans, if not the rest of the world, so captivated about the ongoing ups and downs of a home of English Nobility adjusting to the Modern World? Is it the dissolving of class barriers? Or the humanity we find in every character from the Lord of the estate to the begging, [...]
Film Review: “There Will Come A Day" – Live From Sundance Film Festival
Out of the many films reviewed in this series, “There Will Come A Day" is given the highest ratings by our three critics, Dick Staub, Josh Staub (Director of Look and Light at Disney Animation) and Jason Valles (Founder, Third Floor Inc.). An Italian Film that follows Augusta, a young Italian woman, as she moves from [...]
Lauren Winner – What Happens When You Hit the Wall? WinterFest 2013 Pt. 2
This years WinterFest theme was: My Spiritual Journey (So Far), Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis. In the second of four talks author Lauren Winner explores the journey into the darkness and hitting the wall in a spiritual journey. What happens when things seem to fall apart and God appears absent? Lauren reads from her latests book Still: Notes on [...]
Brennan Manning: Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God. Podcast: Journeys Interview Segment 1 of 4
Brennan Manning was the Catholic-priest-turned-itinerant-evangelist who wrote the popular Ragamuffin Gospel. In Ruthless Trust he explores the question: “Can God be Trusted," and moves the conversation beyond simple intellectual assent to a deeper experience of joy found in passionately trusting God. A gem of an interview found in the Dick Staub archives from a man [...]
Five Minutes on the “The Way, Way Back." Live from Sundance Film Festival 2013
Our three film critics – Dick Staub, Josh Staub (Director of Look and Light at Disney Animation) and Jason Valles (Founder, Third Floor Inc.) start off discussing the distinction between a “film" and a “movie" and which has a higher value. With that settled, we find out what they though about the film, “The Way, [...]