The Church needs songs and genres that can build up who we are individually and communally and prepare us to be the people of God in a difficult world.
The most beloved fictional places are never seen for long before being overshadowed by fire and death from which they must be saved. But these days we need more than glimpses of the good life in our stories.
How far is too far? Is there room in a Christian creative’s journey for delving into the deep?
Madeline L'Engle wrote a classic fantasy and a theologically rich masterpiece in A Wrinkle in Time. What is that theology and how does imagination help us enter into it?
In a world of haste and homesickness, we’re all longing for Rivendell: a place of love and belonging, healing and beauty.
The road back to experiencing sacred words of strength and beauty lies in our recovery and full appreciation of the Bible’s literary works.
Explore the themes of Sehnsucht and Joy, and consider how our own art may emerge from deep-seated homesickness to light the way to our true country.
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.
The Scriptures are a collection of diverse literary creations, telling a story, and inviting us into a live drama.
All great works of art are at heart monster stories, whether the monsters are dragons, step-mothers, social injustices, or even the self.
Beauty, and the people who make it, got functionally kicked out of most churches a long time ago. But how do we add them back in?
Biblical worship can expand our imagination, employ our creativity and lead to transformed lives.
The Anselm Society's second annual Your Imagination Redeemed conference inspired artists, pastors, and laity from around the country.
This secular age is characterized by twin refusals: the refusal to appreciate human truths, and the refusal to be open to the divine. Combating those refusals requires an imagination steeped in the greatest creative works known to man.
The Anselm Society is pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for its 2019 Your Imagination Redeemed conference will be Dr. James K.A. Smith.
On the Believe to See podcast, Michelle Hindman makes a case to revive the lost art of hagiography.
Wendell Berry thinks the world is more like a mystery than a machine. In his poem "The Mad Farmer's Liberation Front" he gives us a radical manifesto for lives that don't compute.
This episode focuses on the theme of women's friendships as they are portrayed in film and television.
Kristopher Orr’s “Western Wind” is a call to the Church to remember her name.