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The Best Movies about God You’ve Never Seen Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:18:20 +0000

Tonight Dick Staub talks with our esteemed panel of film critics about the three best movies about God they suspect many have not seen. Wings of Desire, Wim Winders, The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Babette’s Feast, Gabriel Axel. On our panel are Jeffrey Overstreet, film critic, author of Auralia’s Colors, Cinders Midnight & Through a Screen Darkly, Jennie Spohr, producer of The Kindlings Muse. And Gregory Wright, managing editor of Hollywood Jesus.com & Past the Popcorn.

The Defiant Traditionalist Who Believed in God: Orthodoxy, by G.K. Chesterton Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:42:51 +0000

Welcome to The Kindlings Muse @ Earl Palmer Ministries. This event is taped for podcast in front of a live audience at the Burke Museum Café on the campus of the university of Washington. Each month we feature the Reverend Earl Palmer selecting and then discussing a book thinking Christians ought to read. In this show host Dick Staub and Earl Palmer discuss The Defiant Traditionalist Who Believed in God: Orthodoxy, by G.K. Chesterton

The End of Faith? Podcast: Live At Canada West with Bill Hogg. Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:51 +0000

Description: Host Bill Hogg & panelists Dr. Allyson Jule author and Co-Director of gender Studies Institute at Trinity Western University; culture watcher, movie critic and Charlton Heston fan boy Peter Chattaway ; award-winning screenwriter Kevin Miller who has appeared as Lex Luthor on Smallville engage in a lively exchange about the New Atheism as espoused by its acerbic proponents Dawkins ,Hitchens and Maher.

Beatnik Spirituality for Today: The New Dylans” Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:31:56 +0000

Music is a language of the gods and when the lyrics are thoughtful all the more so. Tonight our topic is Beatnik Spirituality for Today: The New Dylans”A look at Dylan, Low, The Long Winters, Parenthetical Girls, Bright Eyes and Cold War Kids with Chris Estey, and special guest musicians Robert Deeble and Molly Rose. Chris Estey has been writing about music in Seattle since 1986. He has written for The Rocket, The Stranger, Seattle Sound Magazine, and other publications. He has worked at labels since the late 90s. Seattle Sound Magazine said, “Molly Rose draws intricate landscapes of narrative poetry. Her music is as driven by the intrinsic rythms of her words as by whatever nameless muse guides her. There’s nothing conventional about her songs, but she’s hardly a weirdo folksinger. She’s just a lovely songwriter, and if you’re ready to listen closely, you wont be disappointed.” Robert Deeble’s music has been described as “Wistful folk-pop, sparsely arranged, gracefully performed, and achingly beautiful to behold.”Jack Kerouac introduced the phrase “Beat Generation” in 1948, his social circle to characterize the underground, anti-conformist young (50’s early 60’s). When asked, what is beatnik spirituality?” at a Brandeis Forum titled Is There A Beat Generation? he answered, ““It is because I am Beat, that is, I believe in beatitude and that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son to it… Who knows, but that the universe is not one vast sea of compassion actually, the veritable holy honey, beneath all this show of personality and cruelty.”

Dr. Jerry Root: Broken Beauty, Art and the Awakening of EmpathyPodcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2009

Mark — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:58:02 +0000

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.

Dr. Jerry Root: Broken Beauty, Art and the Awakening of DesirePodcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2009

Mark — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:28:59 +0000

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.

Bruce Herman’s JourneyPodcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2009

Mark — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:51:12 +0000

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.

Dr. Jerry Root: Broken Beauty: Madness, the Arts, and the Restoration of Sanity Podcast: Live at KindlingsFest 2009

Mark — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:56:52 +0000

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.

Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff: Art In Action: New Thoughts Podcast: Live At IAM 2009, Segment 1 of 1

Mark — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:53:36 +0000

At the annual gathering of the International Arts Movement 2009, Dick Staub interviewed Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff prior to his lecture on an updated look at his classic work, Art In Action. Dr. Wolterstorff is the Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University, Fellow of Berkeley College at Yale University, and Senior Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia.

U2’s No Line on the HorizonPodcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:34:07 +0000

Host Dick Staub and guests Dr. Jeff Keuss a professor at SPU and an engaging interpreter of theology in popular culture, Jennie Spohr producer of TKM, Ordained Presbyterian Clergy, shameless U2 stalker and Chris Estey, who has been writing about music in Seattle since 1986, discuss U2’s album which Rolling Stone describes as “Hymns for the Soul”, saying it fuses their spiritual uplift from the 80’s with their future-schock sonics of the 90’s.

Angels and Demons; Departures; Star Trek; Audience of One; Times and Winds; Wise Blood; The Wrestler; A Walk to Beautiful; Lord of the Rings on Blu-ray; Moon.TKM Live at The Movies Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:03:14 +0000

Host Dick Staub facilitates a discussion of film with author and film critic Jeffrey Overstreet , producer and film critic Jennie Spohr and Greg Wright Managing Editor of Hollywood Jesus and Past The Popcorn. Films discussed on this podcast include: Angels and Demons; Departures; Star Trek; Audience of One; Times and Winds; Wise Blood; The Wrestler; A Walk to Beautiful; Lord of the Rings on Blu-ray; Moon.

Dan Brown’s “Angels and Demons”Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:35:10 +0000

Host Dick Staub and guests Adrian Wyard, founder of counterbalance, a website exploring issues of faith and science; Jennie Spohr, Presbyterian pastor & frequent co-host of TKM; Dr. Bryan Burton, theologian and gadfly of faith & culture, join in a rollicking exploration of the best-selling book by Dan Brown, also released as a film in May 2009. The storyline is as follows: When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol — seared into the chest of a murdered physicist — he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy — the Catholic Church. Langdon’s worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican’s holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival. Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair…a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

Knowing; Coraline; Sunshine Cleaning; Days and Clouds; Rachel Getting Married; Still Life; Silent Light; The Robe; Jesus of Montreal. TKM Live at The Movies Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:20:00 +0000

Host Dick Staub facilitates a discussion of film with Jeffery Overstreet, producer and film critic Jennie Spohr and Greg Wright Managing Editor of HollywoodJesus.com & Past the Popcorn. Films discussed on this podcast include: Knowing; Coraline; Sunshine Cleaning; Days and Clouds; Rachel Getting Married; Still Life; Silent Light; The Robe; Jesus of Montreal.

Unmistakably Real: The Touchstone of Reality in Two Whimsical Books of C. S. Lewis Books to read: The Silver Chair and The Screwtape Letters Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:07:59 +0000

Welcome to The Kindlings Muse @ Earl Palmer Ministries. This event is taped for podcast in front of a live audience at the Burke Museum Café on the campus of the university of Washington. Each month we feature the Reverend Earl Palmer selecting and then discussing a book thinking Christians ought to read. In this show host Dick Staub and Earl Palmer discuss Unmistakably Real: The Touchstone of Reality in Two Whimsical Books of C. S. Lewis. Books to read: The Silver Chair and The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis.

Theology of Music : (Bob Dylan and the New Spirituals: Sufjan Stevens and Fleet Foxes) Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:24:25 +0000

Dick Staub hosts a Theology of Music Show with guests Jeff Keuss and Nigel Goodwin. The discussion includes a look the idea of “new spirituals” through the music of Bob Dylan, Sufjan Stevens and Fleet Foxes.

Dr. Os Guinness: You Only Live Once ~ calling, the ultimate game plan for life Podcast: Live at The Kindlings WinterFest 2009 Segment 1 of 1

Mark — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:43:18 +0000

The fourth of four lectures by Os Guinness on Orcas Island, January 2009.

I. Friday 7 PM: The Journey – A thinking person’s quest for meaning
II. Saturday 10 AM: Survival of the Fastest ~ living sanely when life is fired point blank
III. Saturday 7 PM A World Safe for Diversity ~ living with our deepest differences in a world of exploding pluralism
IV. Sunday 10 AM: You Only Live Once ~ calling, the ultimate game plan for life

Christ and Culture: The Christian Inside or Outside Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:47:00 +0000

Welcome to The Kindlings Muse @ Earl Palmer Ministries. This event is taped for podcast in front of a live audience at the Burke Museum Café on the campus of the university of Washington. Each month we feature the Reverend Earl Palmer selecting and then discussing a book thinking Christians ought to read. In this show host Dick Staub and Earl Palmer discuss, Christ and Culture: The Christian Inside or Outside
Books to read: The Culturally Savvy Christian by Dick Staub, and Christ and Culture by Richard Niebhur

Dr. Os Guinness: A World Safe for Diversity ~ living with our deepest differences in a world of exploding pluralism. Podcast: Live at The Kindlings WinterFest 2009 Segment 1 of 1

Mark — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:10:42 +0000

The Third of four lectures by Os Guinness on Orcas Island, January 2009.

Theology of Academy Award Best Picture Nominees: (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Frost/Nixon. Milk. The Reader. Slumdog Millionaire) Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:27:39 +0000

A discussion of the theology of the five nominees for Academy Awards in the Best Picture category. Hosted by Dick Staub with guests Gregory Wright Managing Editor of HollywoodJesus.com and Past the Popcorn, Jennie Spohr film critic, ordained Presbyterian clergy and Dr. Jeff Keuss a professor at SPU and an engaging interpreter of theology in popular culture.

Dr. Os Guinness: Survival of the Fastest ~ living sanely when life is fired point blank. Podcast: Live at The Kindlings WinterFest 2009 Segment 1 of 1

Mark — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:17:09 +0000

The Second of four lectures by Os Guinness on Orcas Island, January 2009. I. Friday 7 PM: The Journey – A thinking person’s quest for meaning. II. Saturday 10 AM: Survival of the Fastest ~ living sanely when life is fired point blank.
III. Saturday 7 PM A World Safe for Diversity ~ living with our deepest differences in a world of exploding pluralism. IV. Sunday 10 AM: You Only Live Once ~ calling, the ultimate game plan for life.

A Novelist as a Biblical Interpreter.” Christ the Lord – Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord – Going to Cana, by Ann Rice. Podcast: Live At Earl Palmer Ministries 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:44:11 +0000

Welcome to The Kindlings Muse @ Earl Palmer Ministries. This event is taped for podcast in front of a live audience at the Burke Museum Café on the campus of the university of Washington. Each month we feature the Reverend Earl Palmer selecting and then discussing a book thinking Christians ought to read. In this show host Dick Staub and Earl Palmer discuss, “A Novelist as a Biblical Interpreter.” Books to read: Christ the Lord – Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord – Going to Cana, by Ann Rice

Dr. Os Guinness: The Journey: A thinking person’s quest for meaning Podcast: Live at The Kindlings WinterFest 2009 Segment 1 of 1

Mark — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:40:41 +0000

The first of four lectures by Os Guinness on Orcas Island, January 2009.

Friday 7 PM: The Journey - A thinking person’s quest for meaning
Saturday 10 AM: Survival of the Fastest ~ living sanely when life is fired point blank
Saturday 7 PM A World Safe for Diversity ~ living with our deepest differences in a world of exploding pluralism
Sunday 10 AM: You Only Live Once ~ calling, the ultimate game plan for life

As We Forgive: Producer/Director Laura Waters Hinson; Executive Producers John and Ed Priddy Podcast: Live from Sundance 2009 at The Windrider Forum: Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:55:35 +0000

Dick Staub interviews producer/director Laura Waters Hinson and executive Producers John and Ed Priddy at Sundance/Windrider Forum. As We Forgive is a remarkable story of forgiveness, reconciliation and restoration in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Over a million were murdered (1 in 7 people)> When President Emmanuel Kagame released the murderers they moved back into the neighborhood with the surviving members of the families they victimized. This heartwarming story of gritty forgiveness is the 2008 Gold Winner Student Academy Awards for Best Documentary. It also won awards at Angelus & Heartland Film Festivals. Narrated by Mia Farrow with music from Emmy award winning composers Lenny Williams & Chris Biondo.

Paper Heart (Winner Waldo Salt screenwriting award). Cinematographer Jay Hunter & editor Ryan Brown. Podcast: Live from Sundance 2009 at The Windrider Forum: Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:14:30 +0000

Craig Detweiler hosts a discussion at Sundance/Windrider with Cinematographer Jay Hunter & editor Ryan Brown The Sundance description is as follows: Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. At the very least, she doesn’t believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology, and her own experiences have made her—at minimum—a modern-day skeptic. But this inquiry into love and its present-day manifestations suggests she hasn’t entirely given up hope. As she and her friend (and director), Nicholas Jasenovec, together search for answers and advice, you get the idea that this new generation’s cynicism isn’t the whole story.

Sin Nombre (Winner Directing & Cinematography U.S. drama). Writer & director Cary Joji Fukunaga and Producer Amy Kaufman. Podcast: Live from Sundance 2009 at The Windrider Forum: Segment 1 of 1

The Kindlings Muse — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:52:58 +0000

Craig Detweiler hosts a discussion at Sundance/Windrider with writer & director Cary Joji Fukunaga and Producer Amy Kaufman about their film Sin Nombre. The Sundance description is as follows: It’s almost impossible to believe that Sin Nombre is Cary Joji Fukunaga’s feature debut; its storytelling is so accomplished, its visual style so crisp, and its heightened naturalism and performances so textured. A social-political thriller in the tradition of American film noir, Sin Nombre is set on the border, where Mexico becomes the crucible and the fearsome gangs of today’s Mexican countryside, the gauntlet, to freedom. The stories of Sayra, a teenager living in Honduras and hungering for a brighter future, and teen gang members Smiley and Casper, for whom the Mara Salvatrucha is nearly their entire universe, become interlaced on the train to the border, a journey that will determine the future of their lives.

Adam (Winner Alfred P. Sloan prize). Screenwriter/Director Max Mayer and producer Miranda De Pencier.Podcast: Live from Sundance 2009 at The Windrider Forum: Segment 1 of 1

The Kindlings Muse — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:17:27 +0000

Craig Detweiler hosts a discussion at Sundance/Windrider with Screenwriter/Director Max Mayer and producer Miranda De Pencier. The Sundance description is as follows:In movies, when two twenty-somethings serendipitously wind up under the same Manhattan roof, witty repartee usually transpires, then sparks fly, and eventually they fall into bed. But the boy and the girl in Adam are no ordinary characters, and their romance is anything but familiar. Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer, encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment.

Arlen Faber. Screenwriter/Director John Hindman Podcast: Live from Sundance 2009 at The Windrider Forum: Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:30:05 +0000

Craig Detweiler hosts a discussion at Sundance/Windrider with Screenwriter/Director John Hindman. The Sundance description is as follows: Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) is the reclusive author of Me and God, a book that has redefined spirituality for an entire generation. On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of his still-wildly-popular book, Arlen continues to be sought after as the man with all the answers. Then his life collides with those of Elizabeth (Lauren Graham), a single mom raising her seven-year-old son, and Kris (Lou Taylor Pucci), a young man fresh out of rehab who is searching for meaning. Both Elizabeth and Kris are hopeful that Arlen has answers for them, but the truth is, he hasn’t got a clue.

Short Term 12 (Jury prize, U.S. short filmmaking): Sundance Short Award winner. Panel Discussion Podcast: Live from Sundance 2009 at The Windrider Forum: Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:13:37 +0000

Craig Detweiler hosts a discussion with writer & director Destin Daniel Cretton and Producer Michelle Steffes about their film Short Term 12, winner of the short film award at Sundance 2009 from The Windrider Forum. The discussion explores youth culture with Dr. Chap Clark, Professor of youth, family and culture at Fuller Seminary Professor and Rev. Thomas R. Hinson associate producer of “As we Forgive” and former a mental health professional.

Taking Chance. Panel Discussion Podcast: Live from Sundance 2009 at The Windrider Forum: Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:12:59 +0000

Craig Detweiler hosts a panel discussion at Sundance/Windrider Forum about the new Ross Katz film based on real-life events. Lt. Col. Michael Strobl (Bacon), a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming. Panelists include: Brian Walsh, Kathy Bruner and Cathy Barsotti.

Justin Lerner, “The Replacement Child “Podcast: Live from Sundance 2009 at The Windrider Forum: Segment 1 of 1

Dick Staub — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:45:56 +0000

From Sundance/Windrider Craig Detweiler interviews Justin Lerner, writer and director of “The Replacement Child,” award winning (UCLA, Santa Fe, Beverly Hills, Omaha, Angelus, Boulder, Festrola, Winnipeg and selection at Telluride, LA and Torino).