Hi there!  As of today, my newest book, About You, Fully Human: Fully Alive, is now available online and at bookstores everywhere.  If I may be so bold as to ask this favor? If you have enjoyed my writing, speaking, broadcasting, podcasting or whatever other contact we’ve had, I hope you run right out and buy a copy or order online for your kindle!  Please read it and then post online comments at Amazon, make mentions on your Facebook or blogs, or suggest this book for your book groups ~

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The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite:

Dear Friend of Staublog & The Kindlings

“In a poem every word must pull its own weight,” so said Irish poet Micheal O’Siadhail, as he and I talked over coffee about the cheapening of words in today’s culture.

It strikes me that the words that matter most, the Christmas words, are being robbed of their rich meaning in our casual gift card use these days.

Peace. Joy. Love. Thanksgiving. For these words to carry their own weight in the Holiday Season and year around, this is my prayer. The spiritual substance of these hoped for not yet fully seen gifts from God are ours when we allow God’s spirit to carry the weight of our lives, the burdens of our souls and all our heartaches and fears.

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Originally posted on 3/9/2005. David Scholer, one of my dearest mentor who died last Friday after a long battle with cancer. Here is a piece in which I expressed my appreciation for this man who changed my life. What to make of a filmmaker who “is bored with and doesn’t like blockbuster films” and “doesn’t want to market to please the entire planet”…a guy who “wants a third voice, to make quality films about challenging subjects and still reach people” How about Oscar buzz and overnight success?Such is the experience of Christophe Barratie of France who wrote and directed one of this year’s most endearing and best films. Set in 1949 France “The Chorus” is the story of Clement Mathieu, a quiet, music loving teacher, Read more

The nice thing about getting older is there is hardly a mistake you have not made, so you recognize them when they are coming. (Unless one of the not so nice things about getting old has settled in ~ the loss of memory). I awoke this morning with a simple observation that I don’t have time to flesh out, but will simply state and develop later. Here it comes and it is breathtaking (or disappointing) in its simplicity: The problems with American Christianity are Read more

What do humans do on a rainy Sunday afternoon? Staring across the marsh, its surface battered and pummeled by rain, looking over the berm towards the choppy waters of the Strait of Georgia where it feeds into Rosario Strait off the northern tip of Orcas Island, it occurs to me that I have no reason not to Read more

It’s been twenty-five years since I left behind my Eastern, mystical world-view ” hatched in the 1960’s and practiced for fifteen years into the early 80’s. This sojourn included a time in India and twelve years of being a disciple of the Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba, as well as many other aspects of religious and philosophical searching. My former perspective on life and the world was formed in the 60’s atmosphere ” which included a strong sense of things ending: the world on the eve of destruction; the heroes falling (or being felled); the sense that Read more

 Joy to the World the Lord has come (and so has the end of another year!) It is time for my annual report to my readers (staublog, books, religious news service nationally syndicated column), listeners (The Kindlings Muse podcasts, Moody Broadcast Network Culturally Savvy Christian Commentary) supporters & friends. This is also Read more

A week ago award winning cartoonist Johnny Hart died. Most of us know him from reading his popular cartoon strip–BC. B.C., with its prehistoric cavemen and dinosaurs was created in 1958, carried by over 1,300 newspapers and had an audience of 100 million. Hart won every major award in the cartoon industry: Read more

(Kindling Lou Carlozo is an entertainament writer for the Chicago Tribune. He offers his thoughts “The Sopranos.”) The beginning of the end has come for Tony Soprano: April 8 marks the first episode in the last season of HBO’s ultra-popular series “The Sopranos.” And when that final bullet casing falls to the floor, that final drop of murderous blood is shed, that final sip of Chianti passes over some sated hit man’s lips, Read more

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! Read more