Latest Writing
From our Anselm Society writers. Click here for more. (Want to contribute? If you’d like to explore writing or editing for us, contact us.)
A threefold theology of how to fix our relationship with material reality.
For creative Christians, art
embodies worship. But how
do they make that work
when life blocks creativity?
All earthly Christmases
disappoint us, but hiver,
the Eve of Everything,
can sweeten the bitterness
of winter with fresh hope.
How Tolkien asks us to wrestle with our own natures and short-sighted preferences of justice.
How is heaven is working like leaven through our imaginations to heal reality?
Clay Clarkson's thoughts on
50 years of song-making as
a sacramental act of hope
Film writer Timothy Lawrence
explores how the last robot
on earth gets love right -- and
maybe saves humanity too.
How can stories engage us in the human experience and help us to grow in love?
We need the best stories, music, movies, and more in our communities and congregations. But how?
Terri & Steve Moon live in "one of the smallest houses on the block." But sometimes cozy hospitality is the best kind.
Latest Podcasts
From our Believe to See and Imagination Redeemed podcasts.
What makes a good literature remix? What makes a bad one? And what is it about some classic stories that compel us to keep remixing and retelling them over and over?
Matt, Mandy, and Christina discuss Disney movie live-action reboots and whether any (or perhaps some) of the reboots are justified.
Matt and his wife, Danielle, interview fellow Anselm Arts Guild member Amy Lee and discuss Amy's new book "This Homeward Ache" and discuss what it means that God has set eternity in the hearts of man and how longing influences our lives.
Matt, Christina, and Evangeline discuss the concept of limitations as artists. While limitless possibilities may seem like what is needed to create, perhaps the best way to create is not boundless possibilities, but limits.
Evangeline and her brother Dr. John Case Tompkins sit down with Brandy Vallance to discuss symbols and symbolic language and their relationship with the Christian imagination.
Matt talks with writer G Connor Salter about his recent article on the classic book and movie The Princess Bride.
Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline discuss cynicism in literature and what makes the difference between a good cynical story and a bad cynical story.
Christina and Evangeline chat with A.D. Rhine (Ashlee Cowles and Danielle Stinson), the writer duo behind the novel Horses of Fire.
Matt interviews Sarah Arthur about her first YA Fiction book, Once a Queen, as they discuss the intersection between faith and great literature.
Matt, Christina, and Evangeline discuss how artists can most beneficially give and take feedback from other artists.
Matt sits down to talk with Austin Freeman to talk all things J.R.R. Tolkien and Lord of the Rings.
Evangeline, Mandy, and Christina discuss how to handle writing the right story at the wrong time.
Christina, Mandy, and Matt discuss fasting in feasting, their relationship to one another, and their relationship to the Christian tradition and liturgical calendar.
Evangeline sits down with YA author and founder of Owl's Nest Publishers K.B. Hoyle to talk about teenagers, young adult literature, and the "bildungsroman," the coming-of-age story.
Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline discuss the question, “Why can’t people just be friends in literature?”
Mandy sits down with artist, writer, and spiritual director Jenn Layte for a conversation about imagination, stories, and faith.
Matt sits down with Matthew Lee Anderson to discuss his new book, Called into Questions.
Matt, Christina, and Mandy set out to list the Anselm Society Top 5—the “top five anythings” that the Anselm Society loves, is passionate about, and is defined by.
Recommended Content
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We need like-minded communities to best serve both the church and the world.
Amy Lee shares the story of the impact of the Guild on the lives around her.
The Anselm Society’s executive director, Brian Brown, was a guest on The Habit Podcast with Jonathan Rogers, to discuss how our creativity relates to God’s.
Clearing up one of the biggest misconceptions about what we’re doing here.
“I didn’t just want examples, I wanted explanations.”
Anselm Society member Danielle Mellema remembers an old country church and its heroes of the faith.