Join us in feasting on good food and good fellowship October 19 as we delve into the next few missives from The Screwtape Letters!

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!

Brian Brown appears on the FORMA Journal podcast to talk about how Christian art got crippled, and how we’re going to heal it.

We’re still celebrating the third annual Imagination Redeemed Conference!

Anselm board member Lancia Smith was recently profiled in Christianity Today, where she talked about Anselm.

Christmas isn’t just safe and cheery. It has a deeply beautiful dark side.

Christmas is a beautiful building block to begin to plant a flag, make a place, and let things have their proper meaning again.

An interview in the Circe Institute’s Forma Journal.

Thoughts on the Apostle of the Imagination.

A sonnet of reclamation, by Malcolm Guite.

Rod Dreher: We are called to testify in the ruins, by our lives and our art, to the reality of God.

Dr. Malcolm Guite (Cambridge) and Dr. Michael Ward (Oxford) introduce the Christian imaginations of Dante and C.S. Lewis.

Ken Robertson explores the art of lament as a response to grief…and as a way to walk with God through darkness.

No matter how small or great our bounded space may be in any given season, there is room to do what He has given us to do.

This piece by John Skillen of Gordon College has profoundly influenced our vision of a healthy relationship between pastors, artists, audience, and patrons.

Madeleine L’Engle’s spiritual legacy shows the challenges that can come with trying to show people who they truly are.

From the summer 2018 issue of The Cultivating Project, Brian Brown’s piece on the role of art and artists in spiritual formation.

The Anselm Society is pleased to make available the audio from every lecture and panel from the conference.

Explore what it means to cultivate in context of a whole life, what a rule of life is, how it works, and how to create one for yourself. 

Sacraments and sacramental living were a daily reality for most people in the past, but often not so much for 21st century North Americans.

All great works of art are at heart monster stories, whether the monsters are dragons, step-mothers, social injustices, or even the self.

The Anselm Society's second annual Your Imagination Redeemed conference inspired artists, pastors, and laity from around the country.

Kristopher Orr’s “Western Wind” is a call to the Church to remember her name.

Tips from Brian Brown from the Anselm Society's Storytelling night.

Charles Dickens, a journalist, and a future father reflect on truth, imagination, and Christmas.

A gem from Anthony Esolen on the breathtaking nature of the beauty that is the redeemed imagination.

Anselm director Brian Brown recently wrote a letter to the Anselm leadership team, which he gave permission to the Cultivating Project to publish.

Malcolm Guite reflects on stringing, George Herbert, and getting in tune.

An interview with Brian Brown on Vernacular Podcast.

Follow the story of an American pastor whose desire to change the world grinds to a halt in a Scottish parish. Join Eugene Peterson, N. T. Wright and Granny Wallace on a pilgrimage to being known in your own backyard.

Michael Hanby at the Eliot Society

Ken Myers at the Eliot Society

Anthony Esolen: Sometimes a single encounter with what is healthy and ordinary is enough to shake you out of the bad dreams of disease and confusion.

Roger Scruton: The life of the mind is a lifelong recreation, a re-creation of reality, and a way of belonging. 

Peter Hitchens: The languages of architecture, music, and poetry work mightily on us when we are not aware of it

Power a renaissance of the Christian imagination, and get the Your Imagination Redeemed conference video for free!

Brian Brown's opening remarks from the Your Imagination Redeemed Conference 2017.

When the home of our thoughts shifts from ‘who am I?’ to ‘Who is He?’ I believe we begin to fathom the miracle of ‘Christ in us, the hope of glory.'

Sometime in the 10th century, an Old English poem is recorded in a book donated to Exeter Cathedral — a poem about an unmoored exile who has lost his home and now roves the earth searching for a new one.

Hosted by Matt Mellema and Marcus Robinson.

What we accomplished this year, and what's coming up in 2016-17!

April 1 2017: Featuring keynote speaker and performer Andrew Peterson.

Have you ever looked at an actual Rembrandt? I mean really looked? I have. And it is exhausting. Why? Because Rembrandt was a master. If you are willing to look, he will show more than you can take in. This is what masters do.

Advice from John Steinbeck, Annie Dillard, J.K. Rowling, and more.

Rod Dreher named the Anselm Society as a good example of an organization doing the "Benedict Option" well.

No one's going to miss your unfinished novels or paintings. Or will they?

Though we toil over art, nurturing it and sending it out with a final benediction into a wider arena, our fruit is an offshoot and not the core of our creativity.

Leave a note and sign the card for the Anselm Society Arts Guild--encourage our artists at Christmastime!

Audio and photos are up!

Read about the vision for the Anselm Society, why we didn't pick an easier name, the role of artists in a church, and what Firefly can teach us about community.

The Baylor professor's time with us left no one disappointed.

...as an art form, and a ground of culture creation where Christians need to be present.

How can we build strong communities and be humble at the same time?

What is the Benedict Option? Rod Dreher explains.

The great modern poet T.S. Eliot is a model for poets and artists in our own chaotic world. Here are just a few things we can learn from him.

In our September 5 conversation with poet Scott Cairns, we explored the nature of Christian community in light of the human condition.

Member artist Evangeline Denmark's next novel will be out in January!

Anselm member artists joined 50 of our supporters for a special evening to kick off our year, hosted in the lovely home of Clay and Sally Clarkson.

Perhaps his most famous and enduring tribute to his beloved bride was weaving his romance with her into the mythology of Middle Earth in the story of Beren and Luthien.

Creativity begets creativity. Beauty calls out to beauty.

You could blame technology and the hurried twenty-first century lifestyle, or point to commercialism and pop culture. But there is another reason: People underestimate our common ability to apprehend the aesthetic.

Narrative vs. uncertainty in the Bible.

A review of Kenneth Branagh's new film.

Member artist Bill Thielker responds to Malcolm Guite's recent talk.

What is their relationship?

Meet the recording artist who will be joining us on May 2.

Some wise words from Rod Dreher.

But for now, it is enough to get back up and roll away the stone.

A few things writers should learn from Wendell Berry.

How the Christian story helps us understand modern art.

Here we share a poem from our March 28 speaker, Malcolm Guite, for Lent.

Plus, Annie Nardone concocts 
a ‘Manic-Ease’ drink for
tackling ‘Confessions,’ in her 
new Pages, Pints, and Pours.

Brian Brown is joined by Sarah Howell, Jeremiah England, and Matthew Clark to build a theology of domestic masculinity anchored in St. Joseph.

Join us as we talk to author Danielle Mellema about how she has learned to practice the ancient ways in her ordinary days as an author, wife, and mother of four young children. 

Oil painter Nicole Beck and road trip photographer Isaac Hans discuss how storytelling is integral to their work, from inception to public showings.

In this episode, the hosts use Julie Canlis's "seven days" of Christ's ordinary life — born, grew, baptized, tempted, crucified, resurrected, ascended — to ask a simpler question: is God actually present in your commute and your kitchen?

Join the hosts for an exploration of visual depictions of Arthurian legends across the centuries.

Brendon Sylvester reviews the
British poet-priest's inaugural
volume of the 4-part 'Galahad,’ 
a bold new Arthuriad epic

In her latest Pages, Pints, and
Pours column, Annie Nardone 
stirs up fascination with the
Venerable Bede and his history 
of Christianity in England

. In this episode, we trace the remarkable evolution of the Arthurian legends from the shadowy origins in post-Roman Britain through Saxon England and the French courts, up through Victorian writers and into the modern day. 

Following the Gathering’s Arthurian Pub night, the hosts discuss The Kitchen Knight, the importance of triumphant stories, and how we can subcreate beauty amidst our sin and limitations. 

Meredith Finch joins the pub table to discuss the new graphic novel adaptation of Phantastes from Cave Pictures Publishing.

Isaac Hans' choice for Anselm's 2026 Summer Artist grows out  of the clarity he discovered in unlocking his own artistry.

Dalton Olive revisits an older album from the songwriter and savors its co-creation of  a reality charged with God.

Through the lens of John Skillen's "Four Parties" essay, Amy Lee unravels the Anselm Society's approach to roles in art.

Join the digital pub table to learn more about fanfiction and its purpose in continuing the conversation with the works it pays homage to.

At the digital pub table, we explore the history of intellectual property, the evolution of mythology, and how Christians should think about storytelling, creativity, and what it really means to “own” a story.

In this week's season finale, Brian, Amy, and Christina ask: what story are you telling that might need two hundred years to prove itself?

Brian, Amy, and Christina explore the story of Athanasius.

G. Connor Salter joins the Anselm Digital Pub table to discuss his new book, The Other Inklings.

Dr. Amy Hughes, a theology professor, scholar, and author joins the pub table to discuss our favorite supernatural creatures and what they have to say about humanity and God.

Join us at the virtual pub table as we discuss the pain of feeling like a weirdo, and the joy of finding our purpose (among our fellow weirdos). 

Andrew Roycroft and Lancia Smith discuss themes from “The Light Princess.”

In this episode, we make a surprising case: what we call “toilet humor” isn’t just childish—it may actually serve a deeper purpose in storytelling.

Lewis's favorite fantasy may be daunting but Annie Nardone has drinks to help in her latest Pages, Pints, and Pours.

Joining us at the table is Jason Crawford, a professor of English at Union University, who has written a fantastic new book called God’s Fools: Saints, Prophets, Martyrs, and the Making of Modern Comedy.

What if the resurrection isn’t about escaping the physical world, but redeeming it? Join Brian, Sarah, and special Guests Andrew Roycroft and Lancia Smith.

Join Brian, Matthew, Sarah, and Jeremiah as they explore why every culture has a Cinderella story.

At the digital pub table, we’re joined by filmmaker and culture critic Joseph Holmes to explore why the multiverse captivates us.

Isaac Hans zooms in on a
gifted photographer in our
Spring 2026 Artist Feature

Join Brian, Matthew, Sarah, and Jeremiah as they explore the significance of dark fairy tales, their impact on children, how these stories equip young minds for real-world challenges.