Will Parker Anderson, a senior editor and writing coach, discusses how to navigate the often fraught waters of the Christian nonfiction market, and how we can all help support work that is excellent and edifying.

Join the hosts at the roundtable as they talk about their favorite obsessions: the art and artists they love so much, they want the world to love them too. What does this impulse say about the impact of art on our hearts? How can shared (or not shared) affinities shape community?

Join us as we consider, through C.S. Lewis’s disenchanted Narnia, what it means to participate in creation as an act of worship.

Jacob Herold complies music
related to our summer content,
created by friends, recommended
by members, or just full of
summer feels.

Annie Nardone's latest Pages,
Pints, and Pours column
takes us outdoors to connect
with wildflowers and wonder.

How two groundhog chucklings
named Otto and Maria showed
Sophie Burkhardt how to see the
stories right out her back door.

Isaac DeValois shows how the
courage of the faithful hound
from The Silmarillion ensured a
kingly line leading to Aragorn.

Whether you’re a new novelist, an experienced novelist, or not a novelist at all, there’s something to learn from the intricacies of story structure. Author Elisa Lambert joins the table to discuss it.

Bryan Engram, co-founder of Brazen Animation, explains the building blocks of effective  gameplay and how to use those blocks to create a compelling story.

A huge treat: Malcolm Guite joins the podcast!

Join us as Matt and Mandy battle it out to determine which book is better -- The Great Gatsby, or To Kill a Mockingbird.

Brendon Sylvester reflects on
the “dark and shining” mysteries
in the poet's stunning poems.

Faith, hope, and poetry
in Annie Nardone's latest
Pages, Pints, & Pours
featuring Malcolm Guite.

Brendon Sylvester explores
how ordinary daydreaming
can redeem of imaginations

From the decision fatigue of modern life to the machine expectations we place on ourselves, this conversation unpacks why we struggle to be present and offers practical wisdom for reclaiming the art of attention.

Quirky characters, steadfast
determination, and Norse spirits
in this edition of Annie Nardone’s 
Pages, Pints, and Pours.

Author Jennifer Layte is a firm believer in the power of story to draw us closer to Jesus and closer to an understanding of who we are. Join Mandy and Jenn at the pub table as they discuss story, nicknames, and Jenn's latest book, Follower: How Getting Close to Jesus Brings You to Yourself.

Mandy asks her cohosts to consider: why do some of us gravitate toward sad art when we're already sad? What is the purpose and value of art that's a little bit (or very much) heartbreaking?

Karissa Riffel's final post in her
study of The Magician's Nephew
examines our heart's true desire
as we trust Aslan (aka Christ).

Karissa Riffel looks at dominion,
not domination, in Part 3 of
her Magician's Nephew study.

Part 2 of Karissa Riffel’s
four-part study of
The Magician’s Nephew
looks at love over selfishness.

Karissa Riffel begins
a four-part study of
creation themes found
in The Magician's Nephew.

Interview with the author of “In the House of Tom Bombadil”