Live at the Anselm Christmas Party, Matt asks whether CS Lewis should have added Father Christmas to "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." He soon gets interrupted by a couple extra-special guests.

THE BELIEVE TO SEE PODCAST

The podcast of the Anselm Society Arts Guild. Hosts Matt Mellema and Marcus Robinson go deep with artists about their craft, and also enjoy very serious conversations about very silly subjects. “Some things have to be believed to be seen." -Madeleine L'Engle

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Recent Podcasts
Living the Life of the World to Come
Living the Life of the World to Come

Brian joins Michael Minkoff of Renew the Arts for a conversation about Taylor Swift. Oh, and how imagination and art empower us to live like people of heaven.

Loving Our Neighbors Through Our Art
Loving Our Neighbors Through Our Art

Christina, Mandy, and Matt discuss the question, “How do we love other people with our art?”

Interview with Rachel Shinnick
Interview with Rachel Shinnick

Matt interviews Rachel Shinnick, author of YA Fiction novel Moon Thief, discussing what led Rachel to writing her first novel, how she saw God working in the process, and the various trials of getting published for the first time.

Interview with Sylvie Vanhoozer
Interview with Sylvie Vanhoozer

Matt interviews author Sylvie Vanhoozer.

Literature Remixes
Literature Remixes

What makes a good literature remix? What makes a bad one? And what is it about some classic stories that compel us to keep remixing and retelling them over and over?

Disney Reboots
Disney Reboots

Matt, Mandy, and Christina discuss Disney movie live-action reboots and whether any (or perhaps some) of the reboots are justified.

Yearning in the Lives of Christians: Interview with Amy Lee
Yearning in the Lives of Christians: Interview with Amy Lee

Matt and his wife, Danielle, interview fellow Anselm Arts Guild member Amy Lee and discuss Amy's new book "This Homeward Ache" and discuss what it means that God has set eternity in the hearts of man and how longing influences our lives.

How to Live Like a Narnian
How to Live Like a Narnian

A threefold theology of how to fix our relationship with material reality.

Limitations as Artists
Limitations as Artists

Matt, Christina, and Evangeline discuss the concept of limitations as artists. While limitless possibilities may seem like what is needed to create, perhaps the best way to create is not boundless possibilities, but limits.

Interview with Brandy Vallance: Symbols and Symbolic Language
Interview with Brandy Vallance: Symbols and Symbolic Language

Evangeline and her brother Dr. John Case Tompkins sit down with Brandy Vallance to discuss symbols and symbolic language and their relationship with the Christian imagination.