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

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 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!

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Many of you read Staublog at the start of the day—Maybe you’re hoping for some advice to help you survive another crazy day. The best advice I can give you is to slow down and sink deeper roots in God before you go into the world. Great productivity is preceded not by frantic activity but by our quiet un-frantic response to God’s presence. A few years ago I heard an expert on CS Lewis describe the secret of Lewis’s productivity.

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I am inviting you to join me this August on a once-in-a-lifetime, unforgettable journey – a C.S. Lewis Study Tour and Cruise aboard the sailing yacht, SEA CLOUD II. Our itinerary will begin with an optional pre-cruise visit to Lewis’ birthplace in Belfast. Then we’ll head to Dublin where we board the SEA CLOUD II for six nights sailing the Celtic Sea and English Channel. Our ports of call include Waterford and Cork in Ireland, Penzance in Southwest England’s West Country, Guernsey in the Channel Islands, and the World War II beaches of Normandy in France.

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Today excerpts from my new book, ” The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite” due for release on April 16. Pre-order at amazon today! In 1967, as a new follower of Jesus, I sat in San Francisco’s Fillmore West between two guys who were smoking marijuana, listening to Jefferson Airplane, way before the trendy bracelet told me to, I asked myself, “What would Jesus do?” Read more

This talk, recently delivered at International Arts Movement’s conference, with additional images are available at www.makotofujimura.blogspot.com “Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee, Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee, He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb.” Songs of Innocence, The Lamb, William Blake. “Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame they fearful symmetry?” Songs of Experience, The Tyger, William Blake

1. Inviting Monsters into our Hearts. A child uses all of her senses to discover the world. She picks up and finds fascination with a dandelion, feels the bumpy bark of a tree, tastes the baseball, smells the fallen leaf. If you asked a room full of kindergarteners, “Raise your hand if you are an artist!”Almost every child would raise his hand. Read more