My Interview with Ira Glass

Posted by on Feb 14, 2012 in blog | 0 comments

Next to playing in band what I absolutely love to do most is interview people. I love being nosy about peoples personal, professional and most of all religious/spiritual lives. I love asking questions other interviewers skip – like the ones about God or faith or why people believe what they say they believe (or don’t) and what they’re doing...

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Are You Ready for Save Me?

Posted by on Aug 29, 2011 in blog | 8 comments

We’ve Got Sex. We’ve Got Politics. Where’s Religion? Our culture is swimming in talk about sex and politics. Tabloids plaster news of sex scandals and celebrity hook ups. Cable TV has conveniently separated us into red and blue political groups. What’s fascinating is that neither sex nor politics hold as much sway in people’s day-to-day lives as...

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What Did You Think? How Would You Describe It?

Posted by on May 9, 2011 in blog | 17 comments

Tonight  we launched Stories From The Shack. Over 2000 people made it to downtown Seattle on a Sunday night and on Mothers Day. We needed to do this first show so we hear from people. Here are our questions 1. How would you answer the main question people ask – What is it? 2. What did you LOVE 3. What would you change Please post your answers while...

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Elaine Is Looking For Some Eastside Outsiders

Posted by on May 3, 2011 in blog | 0 comments

Jim and I (Elaine Hansen) have been friends for over 10 years. We work together. What do I do for Jim? Good question. Jim says I make him think. I like that ’cause I like people who make me think. My friend, Peter Block and Jim both do that for me. Peter says it is not the answer that is important.  It is the exploration of the question that helps us...

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Where is God When There’s No Happy Ending?

Posted by on Apr 28, 2011 in blog | 10 comments

The dad with 5 young kids dies in a car crash You don’t get the much sought after scholarship you prayed so hard for The publisher tells you that your book proposal doesn’t fit their “voice” A teenager shows signs of mental illness and doesn’t get over it An atheist friend asks you to prove that God is real and you can’t So often stories involving...

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