Malcolm Guite – A Vision For the Future – Live from Kindlings Fest 2012
This years Kindlings Fest on Orcas Island asked, “Can Crabbed age and youth live together?" Through film, talks, panel discussions, art, music and casual conversations we explored what it is that keeps generations apart and what can bring them together. To begin, writer, poet, priest, academic and troubadour Malcolm Guite takes a look at relationality, interdependence between old [...]
Artist Bruce Herman's Journey Podcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2009
Dick Staub interviews artist in residence Bruce Herman, whose painting “Called" was featured at KindlingsFest 2009. KindlingsFest 2009 explored theme of Broken Beauty with Dr. Jerry Root, Nigel Goodwin and artists-in-residence Bruce Herman, Michael Ward, Rick Stevenson and Michael Kelly Blanchard. This is just a taste of KindlingsFest. Come join on us this summer for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Meaning of Holy Week: Two Poets as Our Guides – Isaac Watts & George Herbert
Earl Palmer and Dick Staub look at two poets that, whether known or unknown, have shaped our understanding of the Holy Week. Earl says “the role a poet plays in helping us focus, in helping us understand the huge events of our lives and, also, to see and feel a resonance with great truths" is something we [...]
“The Artist's Life." Live At Hales: What is it like to make your living with your art?
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, [...]
Live from Sundance Film Fest 2013: Religion at Sundance
We start off our Sundance Series as Dick Staub sits down Josh Staub (Director of Look and Light at Disney Animation) and Jason Valles (Founder, Third Floor Inc.) to briefly talk about the various films at the Sundance Film Festival and how they interact with faith and religion. Some of the films they discuss are “C.O.G.,"“This is Martin [...]
Love and Truth Together in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
Where do Love and Truth exhibit complimentary, generative outcomes in Raskolnikov's life? How did Dostoyevsky come to write the such a compelling story that affirms the oft-resisted truth that joy is found in suffering, redemption found in confession and owning up to our darkness? Earl Palmer and Dick Staub take a thorough look at a [...]