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Listen: Star Wars Cantina Surprises!

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Listen: Star Wars Cantina Surprises!

In the cantina of Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub, the following rebels against forces of scum and villainy assembled: * the director of Seattle Pacific's University Scholars program — Dr. Jeffrey Keuss; * a seminarian who is also Star Wars super-fan — Carlo Nakar; * a pastor who happens to be

Now this is podcasting!

Now this is podcasting!

Have you felt it? A strange kindling of the Force? On November 9: Longtime Kindlings Muse podcast host Dick Staub emerges from his Orcas Island home and returns to Hales Brewery & Pub in Seattle to join the new host — Seattle Pacific University's Dr. Jeff Keuss — along with

The Arts and Faith Top 100 Films List: The Podcast!

The Arts & Faith Top 100 Films list, hosted by IMAGE journal, is the best place to start for planning your next 100 Netflix rentals. (Here's the introduction I wrote for it.) Dick Staub, Greg Wolfe, Jennie Spohr, and I talked about the list at Hales Pub and

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God and Hollywood: Have Movies Improved Since "The Passion of the Christ"

One week ago, beer-drinkin' believers gathered at Hale's Brewery in Seattle to discuss The Passion of the Christ, "faith-based filmmaking," and whether Mel Gibson's movie heralded a new era for Christian filmmaking (as so many believed it would), or a new era in

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The Kindlings Muse: A conversation about... yeah, you guessed it...

Okay, my apologies to those who are sick of hearing about The Golden Compass. For those who aren't, here's a download of the latest conversation at The Kindlings Muse. We had a rousing chat about the author, the books, and the new movie. TKM at the

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Opus on "300", and More on Why I'm Not Getting in Line

I'm responding yet again about the movie 300 for this simple reason: I have been baited, again and again, into extremely violent or explicit films that proved to be empty... and worse, even abusive to audiences. I have been told, "You have got to see it!"

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Dick Staub on "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Amazing Grace"

When I first met Dick Staub, he was a Christian radio talk-show host who knew how to perform compelling, gracious, unpredictable interviews. Then I got hooked on his blog, where he ponders the state of Christianity and culture... Staublog. Then he went off to start a whole new venture... The

Specials: Staub. Art quotes. Capote. More news.

Today's specials: * Dick Staub says "I believe..." Wow. Right on. * And speaking of inspirational writing... Jeff Berryman has just given a nod to what may be the biggest archive of art-related quotations on the Web. * Phillip Seymour Hoffman stars in Capote. * More film-related news has just

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Which Interpretation of Star Wars Will You Buy?

Is this what a "culture war" looks like? The Christian interpretation? Or the Buddhist interpretation?

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Dick Staub's new book: "Christian Wisdom of the Jedi Masters"!

My friend Dick Staub recently impressed the heck out of me all over again with his eloquence on the subject of art and faith when we joined a panel discussion for Christians in the Theatre Arts. In fact, the conversation between us, writer/actor Jeff Berryman, and actor Grant Goodeve

Listen to Anne Lamott

...as she talks with Dick Staub. [2025 Update: This post is past its expiration date. Some of these links may no longer work due to the cruel realities of the Internet’s impermanence. You can access Dick Staub’s interviews with Anne Lamott and many other special guests at his