Faith and Imagination Podcast w/ Matthew Wickman
It’s the realest thing that happens in my week.
Why I Go to Church
Church is a lot of things for me: the center of my social and artistic life, the place I practice my actual talents, for music, for leadership—but I love it in part because I’m a weakling who can hardly stand to stand up most mornings and the church was made for, and needs, people like me.
Raven Steals the Sun
Being a myth, the raven story can change its contours with each telling, but so long as certain events take place, it remains the raven cycle. It is still itself, you might say, in whatever form it takes.
A Testament of Witness by David Lyle Jeffrey
Readers will be staggered at how much scholarship and good humor, how much formal dexterity and easy cadence, they find in these poems. A Testament of Witnesses is startling, aloft, and all of it singing an otherworldly glory.
The Life and Afterlife of "Festus"
Philip James Bailey’s Festus is the most popular poem most people have never heard of.
Remembering Frederick Buechner
Just about every artist of faith I know — photographers, poets, actors — all count his books as among their dearest treasures.
Practicing Gospel with David Rayburn
What about the poet? How do you perceive your work as serving God?
C.S. Lewis Foundation Webinar with Amber Salladin
How can Christian artists perform their vocations in such a way that the practice strengthens their faith?
Interview with Joel Heng Hartse on his book of music criticism
Writing about music, meaning, and the ineffable.