A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they drew. She would occasionally walk around to see each child’s artwork. As she came to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, “I’m drawing God.” The teacher paused and said, “But no one knows what God looks like.” Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, “They will in a minute.”

Recently I was asked to deliver a devotional to the board of IMAGE Journal, a glorious periodical that grapples with the Read more

Among my most memorable Dick Staub interviews were those with Charlton Heston. We first met in Washington DC when he spoke at a lunch I attended. I needed to catch a flight and waited until he finished. I headed for a back exit, the same one he ducked into. As we reached the actual exit door alarms went off and a security guard approached. Recognizing Heston the guard waved him through…I quipped, “I’m with Moses.” Heston turned, laughed and waved me through with him. We introduced ourselves and a few months later we met in Chicago for an interview, then another and another. He was literate, articulate and a gentleman who loved words as evidenced by his comments in this reprise interview.

 

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Among my most memorable Dick Staub interviews were those with Charlton Heston. We first met in Washington DC when he spoke at a lunch I attended. I needed to catch a flight and waited until he finished. I headed for a back exit, the same one he ducked into. As we reached the actual exit door alarms went off and a security guard approached. Recognizing Heston the guard waved him through…I quipped, “I’m with Moses.” Heston turned, laughed and waved me through with him. We introduced ourselves and a few months later we met in Chicago for an interview, then another and another. He was literate, articulate and a gentleman who loved words as evidenced by his comments in this reprise interview.

 

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Among my most memorable Dick Staub interviews were those with Charlton Heston. We first met in Washington DC when he spoke at a lunch I attended. I needed to catch a flight and waited until he finished. I headed for a back exit, the same one he ducked into. As we reached the actual exit door alarms went off and a security guard approached. Recognizing Heston the guard waved him through…I quipped, “I’m with Moses.” Heston turned, laughed and waved me through with him. We introduced ourselves and a few months later we met in Chicago for an interview, then another and another. He was literate, articulate and a gentleman who loved words as evidenced by his comments in this reprise interview.

 

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Among my most memorable Dick Staub interviews were those with Charlton Heston. We first met in Washington DC when he spoke at a lunch I attended. I needed to catch a flight and waited until he finished. I headed for a back exit, the same one he ducked into. As we reached the actual exit door alarms went off and a security guard approached. Recognizing Heston the guard waved him through…I quipped, “I’m with Moses.” Heston turned, laughed and waved me through with him. We introduced ourselves and a few months later we met in Chicago for an interview, then another and another. He was literate, articulate and a gentleman who loved words as evidenced by his comments in this reprise interview.

 

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Dick Staub interviewed the great Irish poet Micheal O’Siadhail during the IAM conference in New York earlier this year (2008). Micheal was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and the University of Oslo. A full-time writer, he has published twelve collections of poetry. He was awarded an Irish American Read more

 

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Glimmers Of Artistic Hope““ I see faint glimmers of hope on the artistic front.“
1) Classical Music Listen to what Aaron Jay Kernis, composer of “Newly Drawn Sky, said to Seattle Symphony conductor Gerard Strauss about his aspirations. “I want to write music that is visceral, that is moving, and that is impeccably put together. I don’t want classical music to be a passive experience. I want it to have as much of an Read more

For this Kindlings Muse, host Dick Staub asked some fellow kindlings to share festive pieces as we welcome in the season. We hope you enjoy this gift of Christmas. Following is a list of the pieces shared. Actor and TV personality 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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Orcas a Cappella (on Orcas Island, Washington) hosted Damijan Mocnik as composer and director-in-residence and then performed his compositions at the Orcas a Cappella Song Share 07. This young Slovenian composer is gaining international recognition for his work, which is often liturgical and decidedly religious. Dennis Bonner, director of Orcas a Cappella, conducted this interview with Damijan Mocnik and gave us Read more

 

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