Avowed atheist and best-selling author Philip Pullman is known for writing Northern Lights, which was adapted for the silver screen and rebranded The Golden Compass. The atheist undertones in the story sent evangelicals into a frenzy. Pullman's latest book, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, has been shrouded in far more controversy. This fictionalized retelling of the gospels is the tale of twin brothers, Jesus and Christ, the latter of which is cold, calculating, and manipulative. Pullman uses the charismatic Jesus character to deal the church low blows and criticism. Host Bill Hogg is joined by regular panelist Peter T. Chattaway and newcomer Michael Horner for this rousing edition of The Kindlings.
Host Dick Staub leads us in a discussion of Michael Pollan's best-selling book The Omnivore's Dilemma and the synergistic movie Food Inc. Our guests are Mark Canlis co-owner of Canlis restaurant (one of Seattle's finest), TheReverend Jennie Spohr, producer of TKM, film critic & ordained Presbyterian clergy and Dr. Jeff KeussSPUprofessor and an engaging interpreter of theology in popular culture.
It has been said that, "a literary quarterly exists to acquaint unpopular writers with one another's writings." That is often true: but not always. Since its founding in 1989, Image Journalhas not only emerged as one of North America's leading quarterlies but has also carved out a unique identity as the source for contemporary art and literature that grapple with the perennial questions of religious faith.In this showwe will feature the book Bearing the Mystery (Eerdmans 2010), which brings together in one handsome volume the best of Image Journal's first twenty years. Â The book features an all-star cast of seventy writers including Scott Cairns, Annie Dillard, Clyde Edgerton, Patricia Hampl, Ron Hansen, Edward Hirsch, Linda Hogan, Denise Levertov, Kathleen Norris, Richard Rodrieguez and Wim Wenders.Also featured are over twenty visual artists.Our first guest is Gregory Wolfe publisher and editor of Image Journal, writer-in-residence and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Seattle Pacific University. We will also feature readings from Image Journal Board member and poet Luci Shaw followed by IMAGE Journal Staffers Taylor Morris, Anna Johnson and Dyana Herron.
Kindlings WinterFest is an annual lecture series featuring leading thinkers on issues of contemporary importance. It is a very scaled down, lecture only version of KindlingsFest our summer event. Our theme this year is The Languages of Music and the gods, Part I.Why does music transcend religion in its ability to connect to the human spirit? What are the languages of music? What does God or the gods have to do with it? GUEST LECTURER: Dr. Harold Best, Emeritus Professor of Music and Dean Emeritus of the Wheaton Conservatory.
Host Dick Staub with Reverend Earl Palmer in a lively discussion about the last published work of C.S. Lewis. This show originates from the Burke Museum Cafe on the campus of the University of Washington.
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?
Host Dick Staub leads us in a discussion about a world described by the SF Chronicle as "savagely beautiful that comes alive in a strange and compelling novel." The book is The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold. The NYT said it is "mesmerizing ~ taking the stuff of neighborhood tragedy and turning it into literature." Both the book and Peter Jackson movie version intertwine elements of a coming of age novel, a mystery, an exploration of the afterlife & heaven and an exploration of one family's dysfunction & discontent exposed more clearly by tragedy. Our guests tonight are TheReverend Jennie Spohr, producer of TKM, film critic & ordained Presbyterian clergy and Dr. Jeff KeussSPUprofessor and an engaging interpreter of theology in popular culture.
Tonight host Dick Staub and Rev. Earl Palmer explore Dorothy Sayers, English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist & Christian humanist, through a a series of essays originally published as The Whimsical Christian and later most are found in "Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine."
Host Dick Stauband Rev Earl Palmer appear live at the historic NATIONAL Presbyterian Church in Washington DC, where they discuss President George Washington: The Man, His Life Journey, His Greatness as An American Leader as seen through the lens of three books:1) David McCullough's 1776; 2) Joseph Ellis' His Excellency3) George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior In Company & conversation.
Host Dick Staub is joined by a live audience at Taproot theatre in Seattle's Greenwood district who had just seen the theatrical production of C.S' Lewis' The Great Divorce (adapted by George Drance). This work of fantasy portrays Christian perceptions of the life after death allegorically and follows one individual's journey from hell/purgatory ("the grey town") to heaven and salvation. We are joined by three esteemed guests , Rabbi Mark Glickman (Congregation Kol Shalom on Bainbridge Island, WA) Rev Patricia Hunter (An associate in ministry at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, WA.) and Taproot co-founder and Director Scott Nolte.
