July KindlingsFest Filling Fast

KindlingsFest this July: Turning Mourning into Dancing

The theme of the fourth annual KindlingsFest this summer (July 27-30, 2011) is Turning Mourning Into Dancing. The international conference at Orcas Island Community Church features speakers Eric Metaxas (Bestselling biographer of Bonhoeffer and Wilberforce), Jerry Root (CS Lewis Scholar), Nigel Goodwin (arts advocate from the UK) and Michael Card (Singer/songwriter and a very thoughtful writer).

Music from Susan Osborne, Jeff Johnson and Michael Card, dance from The Storling Dance Theater and Karin Stevens Dance, and art from Larry McAdams will also highlight the fest.

This year there will also be late-night showings of three films selected from Sundance 2011 with discussions from our Theologian-In-Residence, Dr. Jeff Keuss.

There are about 50 seats left of the 300 slots available. Overflow seating will be available, by Pastor Dick Staub of the Orcas Community Church advises, “to get the best experience, register today: https://www.thekindlings.com/kindlingsfest”

The Kindlings is a relational, intergenerational movement whose mission is to rekindle the spiritual, intellectual and creative legacy of thoughtful creatives for whom God is of central importance. We believe to be fully human requires the synergy and essential presence of all three of these dynamics (spirit, intellect, creativity) in daily life. Our work is inspired by the Inklings a small group of British literary figures (J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dorothy Sayers and others) who met weekly in a pub for conversation and to read & improve one another’s work. We are particularly concerned about the younger generation, who often have little awareness that for centuries the faith community was the source of a rich, vibrant intellectual, spiritual and creative culture.