
I’m all about that GROWTH – Michael Stevens
The principles I use to guide my life contains one principle…
The principles I use to guide my life contains one principle…
Called: My Journey to C. S. Lewis’s House and Back Again will be out in less than a month…
Hearth Alum Craig Detweiler speaking at Mars Hill Bible Church asking, “Are we creators or consumers?”
It is understandable why Breanna Mitchell’s sunny tweet from Auschwitz as “PrincessBMM” would spark a viral outcry…
Freshly twenty-one years old, just starting out, and new to Seattle, Eric Miller nervously made his musical debut…
Peter Sallis has been the voice of Wallace since the animated duo’s first outing in 1989. But at the age of 93 he is increasingly
Yes, the cultural landscape in America has changed dramatically since the 1980s…
I was actually born in Nigeria, so although everyone calls me Malcolm, my first name is Ayodeji…
There is so much happening here, so many threads of connection flowing to and from this deep source of love and gospel vision…
It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and Scott Cairns is conversing with his books. He isn’t talking to them, of course, just simply responding
Sometimes all a moment gives us is a question, “Where am I?”, signaling distress and disorientation…
Nashville multi-instrumentalist Phil Madeira has been seen and heard alongside Emmylou Harris, playing guitar…
I, too, used to puzzle over the idea of “giving up” one thing or another for Lent…
Deep in the woods lives a wise ancient tree… by Ken Priebe
I hosted a screening of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom just two nights before Nelson Mandela died… By Craig Detweiler
Jason Carter returns to Purcell Room…
Craig Detweiler, a nationally known writer and speaker on media issues…
Of all the “how-to seminars at the London Screenwriters’ Festival…
I am thrilled to announce that my newest musical documentary… By Craig Detweiler
How long can a movie stick with you?
Featuring fifty minutes of original music, Winterfold is an evocative contemporary Celtic soundscape for the entire winter season.
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The Lee University Arts & Culture Series will begin with a film lecture from Jeffrey Overstreet…
Back in what now seems a more illumined past… By Scott Cairns
By Jeffrey Overstreet
STORY is a gathering of 1,000 creatives from all over the country…
Jeffrey Overstreet was ready to dream again…
I’ve reworked my top 10 of 2013 so far, and This is Martin Bonner is… By Jeffrey Overstreet
I’ve been to Orcas Island. I’ve walked and talked… by Lew Curtiss
July 30-August 31st, 2013
I have three children, 12, 5, and 3 years… By Karin Stevens
Heirs & Spares is a marvelously researched….
Today, Marla Olmstead is 13 years old. I wonder what she’s like… By Jeffrey Overstreet
What would Superman do about Syria or the G8?
In February 2013, Seattle artist Roger Feldman began a residency at Laity Lodge…
As a college professor, I have endured sooooo many graduation speeches…
A video interview with Rhidian Brook on his new novel, “The Aftermath.”
As she tried to resurrect beauty…
The first track off his newest album…
The arts can turn a social ritual, even a secular liturgy, into a vessel of deeper communication…
A profoundly moving novel of occupation and denazification in postwar Hamburg…
Deadline reports that Stuart Hazeldine has been brought aboard to adapt the tome…
In preparation for our next show at Hale’s. by Jeffrey Overstreet
Got your coffee? A cup of tea? Here we go. by Jeff Berryman
Hearth Alum Robert Deeble’s latest release…
So fellow rabbits, I present the good Mr. Guite. Dig in.
Christy Tennant Krispin’s show “Close to Home” aimed to take the elitism out of arts patronage.
Hearth Alum Jason Carter was recently interviewed on Sky News regarding his time in North Korea
Come close with Mary, Martha , Lazarus So close the candles stir with their soft breath…
A call girl, a scholar, and a mechanic drive across town. by Jeffrey Overstreet
By Jeffrey Overstreet
Each time there is this unique presence in the paintings that gets particularized in the space.
On February 27th the Church of England keeps the feast and celebrates the memory of George Herbert…
So what are you supposed to say when you see a cute, adorable, pretty little girl? Compliment her behavior.
I was having all the symptoms of digital-addiction withdrawal. Addiction is something I know about.
Destiny is…a persistent online multiplayer adventure, designed on a galactic scale, that wants to become your new life.
Most of you will know Stuart Hazeldine for his blazing debut feature Exam…
… this film is so obviously not what its accusers are calling it By Jeffrey Overstreet
And so I start again, here in the middle, The middle of a life I scarcely know…
Jon Freddy (who you may know we lost on Monday) was born… by Nicky Slater
It’s been said that Hollywood films comfort the afflicted while Sundance… By Dick Staub
This winter, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music will present two overlapping exhibitions…
Maybe it’s because I’m a Philomath – I love learning, but I do love a good book… By Lew Curtiss
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE & CONCERT: TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013
I’m afraid of flying. I didn’t used to be….
St. Louis Poetry Center’s Observable Readings series presents readings with poets Scott Cairns…
There is something telling about the fact that the very day after Christmas the Church celebrates….
This was a joint show with the painter Sarah Kelly-Paine, who showed 50 new paintings.
Bilbo is brought face to face with the need to embrace the passions of his childhood… By Michael Stevens
…the tension of belief coupled with doubt and discouragement–that only through music…
O Adonai touches on the ancient title of God himself By Malcolm Guite
Every Saturday, after some exercise, I meet a friend for coffee and we get exercised about the evils and injustices of the world…
“It was my work in poetry that finally enabled my work in prayer.”
…in which we connect again with our ‘inconsolable longing’, as CS Lewis called it… by Malcolm Guite
I’ve been wrestling with idea lately because the manuscript I’m working on now… By Maureen McQuerry
There are a few obsessions I have, one is that when I go to a thrift store… By Michael Stevens
Thanksgiving starts with thanks for mere survival, Just to have made it through another year With everyone still breathing. But we share So much beyond
It delivers human beings who seem three-dimensional even though we’re not wearing special glasses. by Jeffrey Overstreet
Never did I imagine then the catastrophic damage… due to Superstorm Sandy. By Mako Fujimura
We are a society that loves high concept. by Maureen McQuery
What is at the heart of the conversation between art… By Jeff Berryman
The purpose of the institute is to create projects and resources toward integration of art, faith and humanity
Probably the most frustrating thing about Christians these days is that their theology is so often far from Christian.
In our over-stimulated, access-to-everything digital universe, seeing a band perform… By Kendall Ruth
Those two concepts, “serious†and “fun,†are rarely melded together in movies. by Craig Detweiler
Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy are important figures in different music worlds…
As we begin to approach the season of Advent I want to tell you the story of an unexpected adventure. By Malcolm Guite
“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing…” By Jeffrey Overstreet
Argo is a rousing, nail-biting throwback to the best of seventies cinema… By Craig Detweiler
There is a strange path that many Christian leaders seem to take… By Jeff Keuss
“And yet, the stories we live and the victories we waltz mean so much here…” By Kendall Ruth
What makes good story? By Bob Davidson
How could an artist of such originality & vision… by Craig Detweiler
Scott reads some of his poetry and discusses his experiences as a pilgrim among the monks on the Holy Mountain, Mt. Athos.
We think of the Sistine ceiling as heavenly and eternal, but it helps to remember it was new once… by Mischa Willett
I’ve been re-reading David Mamet’sOn Directing Film. While there are some aspects of it… By Kendall Ruth
featuring Mako Fujimura. October 18, 2012 7PM (EST)
A post-Kindlings Fest 2012 song written by Malcolm Guite about a visit to Jimi Hendrix’s grave with Jason Carter, Tess Overby & Laura Mettler.
Painting & Sculpture by Paul Hobbs & Sarah Kelly-Paine Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU
20 questions with the genius that is Nick Park, creator of Wallace and Gromit
Perhaps it is that calm before the storm… By Jeff Keuss
Seven of Malcolm’s Sonnet’s are published in the American publication…
Why is The Master worth the investment of time and (emotional) energy? by Craig Detweiler
An extensive interview with the creator and cast of the TV series Firefly and film Serenity…by Jeffrey Overstreet
Go be a part of your life’s drama today. Who knows what part of the play you’re in? by Jeff Berryman
I’m often distrustful of those who condemn a movie as “boring†… By Jeffrey Overstreet
“The story of Jojo Sayson is one of the quintessential American dreams….”
Lord Peter Wimsey was not really looking for love…
ALBUM AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2, 2012
Few things concern parents more than their children’s education…
It’s a pleasure to feature Bruce Herman, a wholly admirable artist/educator… by Charlie Peacock
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Slant books will benefit from the way Image has fostered a community of readers, but we will never be content just playing to the “home†crowd…
Last night was a beautiful moment for Karin and I as we attended a benefit… by Michael Stevens
In a tumultuous American election year, social critic Os Guinness offers a bracing wake up call. by Craig Detweiler
No one has taught me more about considering and making art than “Mr. D.†By Jeffrey Overstreet
Storyteller Bobette Buster gave a lecture at this year’s “Do Lectures Festival” in Wales by Jurgen Wolff
An intricate look into the world of stop-action animation made famous in the “Wallace & Gromit” films…
Maureen McQueery will be heading to Portland, OR this weekend The Gaslight Explorers, Adventurers, & Romantics Convention
Occasionally some friends and I challenge one another to write a poem inspired by… by Malcolm Guite
Cairns as taking on the role of a “slow pilgrim†in his poems. by MICAH MATTIX
I wonder how much we look to “Kings†to exercise Authority because we are far too threatened with the Intimacy of the Wise? by Kendall
Yes, I was born in Ibadan in Nigeria in 1957 and indeed, my first name is Ayodeji… by Lancia Smith
“Winning†is a very different intention than “Building relationship.†by Jeff Berryman
“I want to be seen by, heard by, loved by and understood by you.†By Dick Staub
On Dylan and Memory delivered for the 10th Anniversary of the Woolf Institute… By Malcolm Guite
As the movie begins, fans will be distraught by the sight of him… By Jeffrey Overstreet
We had landed in Salt Lake City on the opening weekend of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival… By Bob Davidson
Is there hope in this life? By Gabe Knipp
It feels like he’s from another time or planet… by Brandon Dorn
Icelandic for homecoming, Heima is a documentary on the band Sigur Rós and their 2006 summer tour around their native country, Iceland. by Eric Kuiper