“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Memory shapes our sense of who we are, where we come from, and where we're going. It's fundamental, and it's flawed. What are we to make of it?
Why do men seem less likely than women to show interest in the arts? Matt gathers the manliest men he knows—Anselm founder Brian Brown and Anselm artist Kory Denmark—to find out.
In this lecture from Anselm's 2019 Rocky Mountain Artists' Retreat, Lancia Smith explores the relationship between being true to your calling, and loving your audience--and reveals how relationships can strengthen our calling.
How can we incorporate rhythms of prayer into our everyday lives, dedicating our work, play, and rest to God?
Father Jeromie Rand from Denver's Church of the Advent explores how learning how to love God through your craft can unleash the full potential of who you were made to be.
Join us in feasting on good food and good fellowship October 19 as we delve into the next few missives from The Screwtape Letters!
This episode explores Bach fugues, improvisational jazz, poetry, and a kid's cartoon to suggest the idea that true freedom necessitates restraint.
Rock journalist Mary Nikkel joins the table to share her years of experience covering the Christian Rock scene, and to explain the changing priorities of the industry.
How do we live well in a complicated world? This episode seeks the answers to this timeless question in the words of a poet from the past and a musician from the present. This episode features an interview with Veery Huleatt, editor of a new volume of poetry by Jane Tyson Clement.
Fresh off the 2019 Rocky Mountain Artists' Retreat, we pick up some threads from the retreat: is "artist" something you'll be for eternity? Should you look inward or outward as you seek to answer the question, "who am I?" And what does it mean for God to redeem and perfect your creative work?
Why something large and churchy sits in my living room. (Courtesy Cultivating Oaks Press)
To be a human is to have a body, and to have a body is to touch and be touched. This episode explores our desire to touch creation, each other, and God.
Our third annual extravaganza continues as Mandy, Matt, and Amy pick the final spots of their ultimate pub tables!
Speaking with Joy welcomes a new season with this special episode featuring the talks from the Speaking with Joy live events and music from Two Benedictions. Enjoy!
Care to join us on an adventure? Sharing your love of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy with like-minded fans… while enjoying Second Breakfast…and reading a favorite LOTR chapter aloud…all while dressed as a hobbit or elf!
One new face and two familiar ones will serve as speakers at the Anselm Society’s 3rd annual Rocky Mountain Artists’ Retreat 2019.
Our third annual draft extravaganza! Anselm authors Amy Lee and Mandy Houk join Matt in drafting the greatest pub tables in history.
Anselm artists Teressa Mahoney and Mandy Houk join the table to share their old beliefs about Christianity and the arts, and why they changed their minds.
Friends, we made it to the final week of Orthodoxy!
“There was some one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth; and I have sometimes fancied that it was His mirth.”
Brian Brown appears on the FORMA Journal podcast to talk about how Christian art got crippled, and how we’re going to heal it.