As the culture of the Wild Goose Festival unfolds, it\u2019s becoming clear that one of the things we value is\u00a0uncommon ground<\/em>. We\u2019re seeking to bring together a diverse community of creative people and idea leaders whose ethos and work does not fit neatly into the Left\/Right, evangelical\/mainline boxes that our soundbiting media tends to inflict upon us. There is a hunger to transcend the level at which we\u2019ve created the problems of our contemporary civilization \u2013 a starving to look at our past and future through a different lens, and envision a fresh present practice. The three Wild Goose Festival contributors we\u2019re spotlighting today can help us on the journey toward making such new vision a reality.<\/p>\n David Dark<\/a><\/strong> asks questions, and then writes about them. David\u2019s acclaimed first two books\u00a0Everyday Apocalypse: The Sacred Revealed in Radiohead<\/a>, The Simpsons, and Other Pop Culture Icons<\/a><\/em> and\u00a0The Gospel According To America: A Meditation on a God-blessed, Christ-haunted Idea<\/a><\/em>, are not likely to get him invited onto Glenn Beck\u2019s show. In addition to contributing to\u00a0Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter Happier More Deductive<\/a><\/em>, he has most recently published (appropriately enough)\u00a0The Sacredness of Questioning Everything<\/a><\/em>. After years of teaching high school English, he is now a doctoral candidate at Vanderbilt. He lives in Nashville with his wife, singer\/songwriter Sarah Masen<\/a>. \u00a0Join David at the Goose as he questions everything to unearth yet more of the Sacred, which (as it turns out) is here all along. And who knows? You might end up in his next book.<\/p>\n Anna Clark<\/a><\/strong> is helping pioneer a new breed of environmentalist \u2013 one that sees ecological sustainability not as a grin-and-bear-it political maneuver, but a rational lifestyle choice that yields more enjoyment in the long run. She is the author of\u00a0Green, American Style<\/a><\/em> and contributor to\u00a0Taking Flight<\/a><\/em>. She\u00a0is\u00a0president of EarthPeople<\/a>, a global consulting and communications firm. Anna began by asking herself the question, \u201cCan one person make a difference?\u201d In 2005, after launching a her company on the singular idea that sustainability can be customized into a profitable strategy for any-size organization, she now has an international base of clients implementing her ideas.\u00a0 EarthPeople clients include clean tech startups such as Evatran, municipalities such as the City of Austin, and companies such as JCPenney and Time Inc.\u2019s Fortune\/Money Group.\u00a0 Anna\u00a0is\u00a0a featured columnist for\u00a0Greenbiz.com<\/a> and has been interviewed by\u00a0USA Today, Fox Business News,<\/em> and\u00a0Entrepreneur Radio<\/em>. Her opinions have appeared in the\u00a0Dallas Morning News<\/em> and\u00a0The Christian Science Monitor<\/em>. At the Goose, she will be speaking on Women and Sustainability: How to use our faith to heal the earth, help its people, and serve our God.<\/p>\n Derek Webb<\/a><\/strong> wears many hats: Artist, pop theologian, songwriter, agent provocateur, marketing genius. A veteran of the Dove Award-winning, CCM chart-topping band\u00a0Caedmon\u2019s<\/a> Call, Derek went in more solo direction in 2003 to chart his own path, releasing a number of albums including\u00a0Mockingbird,<\/em> Stockholm Syndrome<\/em> and\u00a0Feedback<\/em>. Spanning genres from rock to folk to electronica and ambient, the content of Derek\u2019s prodigious output has the ability to thrill and aggravate many different constituencies, usually simultaneously. For instance: when he sings about the glories of Calvinism, the threat of American empire to people of faith, the dehumanizing consequences of anti-gay sentiment amongst conservative Christians, or the insidiousness of war. Or when he gets a song featured on\u00a0Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>. Additionally, Derek is a pioneer of digital community-building amongst independent artists and listeners, founding the free and legal music sharing site\u00a0NoiseTrade.com<\/a>. Like David Dark, he lives in Nashville, and is similarly married to a talented singer-songwriter, in this case\u00a0Sandra McCracken<\/a>. Join Derek at the Goose where he will sing some songs and initiate some blessedly uncomfortable conversations.<\/p>\n Participate:<\/strong> As the culture of the Wild Goose Festival unfolds, it\u2019s becoming clear that one of the things we value is\u00a0uncommon ground. 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