30 episodes

The Stage & Story podcast is a show about story, culture, and imagination from a Christian perspective. Content varies from interviews to dialogues to conference talks to movie discussions.

Stage & Story Dane Bundy

    • Arts

The Stage & Story podcast is a show about story, culture, and imagination from a Christian perspective. Content varies from interviews to dialogues to conference talks to movie discussions.

    13 Books to Cultivate the Christian Imagination

    13 Books to Cultivate the Christian Imagination

    Looking for some books to stir your imagination? You're in luck. Dane Bundy explores the idea of a Christian imagination and then highlights 13 books that will deepen it!

    • 9 min
    The Toll of Victory in the Hour of Great Success

    The Toll of Victory in the Hour of Great Success

    Downcast when things seem to be going great? In this second installment in our series, Dane Bundy returns to Charles Spurgeon's essay ("The Minister's Fainting Fits") exploring the occasions a pastor may face discouragement and depression. Dane focuses on Spurgeon's first occasion: in the Hour of Great Success. Dane then highlights principles that apply both to pastors, artists, or parents.

    • 15 min
    This is War

    This is War

    Sometimes the Christian journey feels like war. It's because we are in a cosmic war! In the first installment of this series, Dane Bundy turns to Charles Spurgeon's essay ("The Minister's Fainting Fits") exploring the occasions a pastor may face discouragement and depression. Dane then makes application for you--whether you're a pastor, artist, or parent!

    • 8 min
    Three Ways Art Engages with Christianity (Live)

    Three Ways Art Engages with Christianity (Live)

    How should we think about the religious images and symbols in the art around us? Recorded live at Calvary Chapel Twin Peaks, Dane Bundy shares three ways that art engages with the Christian story. With a focus on movies, Dane looks at ways that religious imagery and symbols in movies interact in an inclusive, exclusive, or subversive way. See the episode notes for the Google Slides.

    • 33 min
    The Village (2004) and How it Illuminates the Christian Worldview

    The Village (2004) and How it Illuminates the Christian Worldview

    My favorite film by M. Night Shyamalan is The Village (2004). I keep returning to it again and again. Have you seen it? If not, go rent it. In this episode of the podcast, I explore The Village, looking at the ways it helps us understand the Christian Worldview. Get ready, we're going to dig into some theology as well.

    • 13 min
    The Three-Fold Task for the Arts

    The Three-Fold Task for the Arts

    Creativity in the Kingdom of God has a three-fold task: to delight, to discern, and to deliver. Over-emphasizing one of these three at the expense of the others can be dangerous. So let's dig into each of these tasks and seek to implement a balanced approach!

    • 12 min

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