This show hosted by Dick Staub originated from the campus of Seattle Pacific University and features Dr. Michael Ward whose new book  Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis reveals a provocative clue to understanding the structure and meaning of the Narnia series. In the second segment we are joined by Kim Gilnett and then by the audience with their questions.

 

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A reprise of Dick Staub’s interview with George Sayer who tells the story of his first meeting with CS Lewis followed by a report to JRR Tolkien. “I walked away from New Buildings and found the man that Lewis had called Tollers sitting on one of the stone steps in front of the arcade. “How did you get on?” he asked. “I think Read more

 

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In August 2007 Dick Staub interviewed C.S. Lewis stepson Douglas Gresham aboard Sea Cloud II as it sailed on the Irish Sea. This First Century Voyages trip also included presentations from Lewis’ Scholar Dr. Jerry Root from Wheaton College.

 

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William Butler Yeats once said, “The mystical life is the center of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. . .” This same thing could not be said of CS Lewis, whose faith was grounded in reason. In this episode of The Kindlings Muse @ the CS Lewis Center we explore the role of the mystical in the life and thought of CS Lewis. We originate from the campus of Seattle Pacific University as host Dick Staub interviews Rev. Earl Palmer, senior pastor of Read more

 

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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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Every generation of Christians faces unique challenges in understanding, defending and advancing Christianity. As we enter the 21st century, what is the relevance of the apologetics of a Pascal or a CS Lewis? Tonight host Dick Staub and guest Dr. Peter Gilbert lead us into a discussion of Pascal who believed: “Men despise religion. They hate it and are 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 Read more

 

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Tonight our host Dick Staub takes up the subject of C S Lewis and his revelatory letters. Henry David Thoreau said, I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage. This was not CS Lewis’ view–letters from his readers were carefully read and Read more

 

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Tonight we take up the subject of C S Lewis’ view of what is essential in Christianity. Here is the quote we will explore. “Ever since I became a Christian I have thought the best and perhaps the only service I could do for my unbelieving neighbors was to Read more

 

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In this Kindlings Muse podcast Earl Palmer, pastor of University Presbyterian Church in Seattle and Dick Staub are joined by Jennie Spohr and Brian Luke in a discussion about C S Lewis’ view of the incarnation through the following quote from Lewis’ book, Miracles. In the Christian story God Read more

 

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