Believe To See

Taking a page from CS Lewis’s famous essay, Church Historian Blake Hartung joins the table to discuss the joys and benefits of reading ancient literature.

Mandi Hart is the president of Cave Pictures Publishing, a new line of comics for the “spiritually inclined.” She joins the table to talk about the unique power of comics, and their role in modern myth-making.

The combined Anselm hosts stick around to talk a broad range of arts and faith topics--everything from whether art should be "useful" to whether Pilgrim's Progress is actually bad.

The whole Anselm digital pub gets together for a special event as Matt and Marcus meet up with the of "Speaking with Joy" and "Redeemed Imagination."

As the Christmas season winds down, Marcus and Matt talk about works of art they used to love. Matt also hands out his first annual "Ralphie Awards" for the (too) many Christmas specials he watched this year.

If you were stranded on a desert island, what books or movies would you bring with you? Arts Guild Director Christina Brown joins the table for this classic conversation starter. They also discuss why this became such a popular conversation topic.

Anselm novelist Mandy Houk joins the pod to talk movie adaptations: what makes a good one? Why were the Narnia movies so bad? Marcus, Matt, and Mandy also pitch a book they want to see turned into a movie.

Matt and Marcus pick their favorite Halloween books and movies, and show the Great Pumpkin that their podcast is the most sincere.

Author Sarah Clarkson shares the blessings of a reading life from her new book, “Book Girl,” and convinces Matt and Marcus that they should be book girls too.

Ken Robertson: The Art of Lament by Anselm Society

Should artists outline their work ahead of time, or let their creativity carry them as they go? Writers Lisa Reither and Evangeline Denmark try to settle this debate once and for all.

On September 1 2018, Lancia E. Smith, Anselm board member and founder of The Cultivating Project, gave the following talk at the annual Anselm Society artists retreat.  The talk is titled Overcoming Darkness in the Life of a Creative: The Power of Testimony, and Cultivation of Three Essentials. In a fallen world, we each face a long battle with darkness throughout our lives both around us and within us. Is it possible to overcome such pervasive conditions and if so, how? In this session, Lancia spoke from her own testimony as a creative about facing overwhelming darkness and three essentials that each of us need as God’s image-bearers in countering the shadows working against us.

In their second annual draft, Matt and Marcus compete against three other Anselm artists to assemble history's most interesting pub table!

The Rabbit Room's Pete (A.S.) Peterson on his upcoming stage adaption of the classic novel and the forgotten themes behind the monster. You can view more show info and get tickets at http://www.studiotenn.com/frankenstein/.

Sarah Arthur shares her forthcoming book, “A Light So Lovely,” which explores Madeleine L’Engle’s complex spirituality, and how her Christianity impacted “A Wrinkle in Time” and other writings.

Is there still any value in a humanities major? Purdue’s Case Tompkins makes his case while Matt bemoans the student loans from his English degree.

In this World Cup special, Mere Orthodoxy's Jake Meador explains U.S. soccer culture's many lessons for artists.

Anselm Society director Brian Brown hosts a conversation with scholar Anthony Esolen and Anglican bishop Martyn Minns.

S.D. Smith - From Critic To Creator Or Curator by Anselm Society

Matt Burnett - A Wrinkle in Time: Theological Imagination of Madeleine L'Engle by Anselm Society