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.)
In the latest Pages, Pints, and
Pours, Annie Nardone invites
booklovers to screen a guide
to movies compiled in 1995.
Dylan Mortimer is the
Spring 2025 Feature Artist in
Anselm Society's new column.
In the latest Pages, Pints,
and Pours, Annie Nardone
invites us back to post
WWI Paris with the
Lost Generation.
Christina Brown recounts unwanted limitations that abruptly shifted her life as a writer.
Painter-sculptor Kristopher Orr offers friends and lovers of artists ways to be supportive co-laborers in the sacred dance of art making.
In the latest Pages, Pints,
and Pours, Annie Nardone
invites us to sink into this
epic historical trilogy.
Everywhere she turned that
night, the ancient city revealed
a feast of light and beauty.
Annie Nardone offers two books
and a warm drink to curl up with
in this Pages, Pints, and Pours.
Isaac Hans, photographer, is the
Winter 2024 Feature Artist in
Anselm Society's new column.
Pages, Pints, and Pours pairs
a legendary drink with a
foodie-actor’s memoir.
Hope, like a candle in a window,
can draw travelers out of the
dark into the light of Christ.
The story goes like this. A
woman got brave and started a
book club. How did it turn out?
(You can read all about it here.)
Christina Brown on the poet’s—
and our—cathedral-shaped
journey toward union with God.
Painting as a Pastime by the
great Churchill: really? Yes,
and Queen Mum loved her
Drinkypoo (recipe included)
Gianna Soderstrom
muses on the ministry of second
breakfasts -- and the power of
inviting others into our homes.
Creating alongside others
for half a day is a sweet hint of
heaven. Elisa Lambert shows
us how to make it happen.
Read a review on Ted Hughes’s Poetry in the Making and pair it with a Breakfast Martini (recipe included).
Latest Podcasts
From our Believe to See and Imagination Redeemed podcasts.
Meet Julian of Norwich! The Imagination Redeemed podcast tackles this tricky mystic and goes on a search for hope.
Matt continues forcing Mandy and Christina, championship bracket-style, to decide which famous artists most represent the values of the artists' guild. Part 2 of a three-part series.
Matt forces Mandy and Christina, championship bracket-style, to decide which famous artists most represent the values of the artists' guild.
Fostering a healthy imagination in kids is a worthy goal--but what are the obstacles in today's society actively making that difficult, and what do we do about them?
Elizabeth Bam joins the Imagination Redeemed podcast to discuss stories from the Faerie Queen and the Shawshank Redemption in an exploration of how to battle despair.
It's Valentine's Day, so of course we want to talk about the best and worst love stories of all time!
(Due to technical difficulties, this episode slated for Valentine's Day is appearing after the fact. Our apologies for the diminished sound quality.)
What should we expect of titles? What do (and don’t) they tell us? (Believe to See Podcast).
Why is it so hard to create a character who is both well-developed and compelling, and a sincere Christian? (Believe to See Podcast)
Join Brian, Sarah, Christina, and Amy on the Imagination Redeemed podcast as they explore ways to live well in seasons of winter.
Ever feel like there was a band, tv show, or book that you were “supposed” to hate? Like hating it was required to prove you’re cool and sophisticated? When Matt was in college, that band was Nickelback. And he’s wondered why ever since…
Join Brian, Sarah, and Christina as they explore the impact of great stories on our lives and faith.
The hosts discuss whether we should expect children’s animation to be serious art. They do this primarily by analyzing some of their favorite animated films.
Artists need solitude to create (or “conjure”), but we need one another too. Mandy and Matt and Christina discuss finding a balance between these seemingly contradictory needs.
Dr. Michael Ward uses various writings of C.S. Lewis as literary illumination to help us understand joy and tears even more deeply.
Chase Whitney emphasizes the significance of tears as a uniquely human experience, and discusses how joy and tears can make room for each other as we seek God in our lives.
Matt, Mandy, and Christina gather together to debrief about our recent podcast guest Lancia E. Smith on the power of naming.
Join Mandy as she talks with Amanda about how we might “reclaim the holidays for [our] heart’s formation and the glory of God”.
Christina dives deep into the real meaning of Halloween. It’s not what you think.
Matt’s debut middle-grade fantasy novel, Red Rex, is here! Join Mandy and Christina as they talk with Matt about the dream, the process, the plot, the characters, the illustrations — and the footnotes.
Recommended Content
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Check out Jonathan
Pageau’s Symbolic World
Courses which are deeply
rooted in story telling and
the ancient traditions.
Is there a purposeful pattern
of Creation across the Canon
through stories of multiplication?
It’s very likely that my heart will break over this tree in one way or another. But in God’s strange economy, being wounded means being mended in His likeness—the One for whom all of creation gladly sings.
What many people don’t know about the hymn For the Beauty of the Earth is that it was written as a communion hymn. And that makes all the difference in the world.
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.”