Renew the Arts Podcast
Renew the Arts
Cultivating conversations about the intersection of the arts and faith in order to liberate Christian creativity.
Episodes
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Dec 18, 2025 • 1h 43min
2025 Mailbag Full of Explicit Content, What Makes Art Good, and Unstrange Fire
Michael answers an international mailbag full of great questions to close out 2025 on the Renew the Arts podcast.
Nov 20, 2025 • 34min
Top 5 Things Churches Should Communicate to Their Artists
Michael collects together the top five things he thinks churches should communicate to their artists.
Oct 16, 2025 • 44min
The Use and Abuse of Fiction
Michael explains the popular dismissal of fiction and the imagination, and explores the edifying uses of fiction.
Sep 18, 2025 • 36min
The Little Things are the Great Things
Michael compares and contrasts the great way that seeks first worldly prominence with the little way of the cross that seeks God’s kingdom.
Aug 21, 2025 • 48min
Exploited Art: Propaganda, Pornography, Pomp, and Product
Michael explores the way the true purpose of art is undermined when we make exploited art—art made subject to an agenda.
Jul 17, 2025 • 2h 13min
Porchlight at Audiofeed 2025: Mini-Conference on Hospitality
A generous sampling of the “Porchlight Mini-Conference on Hospitality” we held at Audiofeed Music Festival 2025 in Urbana, Illinois.
Jun 19, 2025 • 50min
Connecting Science and Art (with Ciara Reyes-Ton)
Michael is joined by biologist and worship songwriter Ciara Reyes-Ton to discuss the intersection of art, science, and faith.
May 8, 2025 • 48min
On “A Kingdom of Tea and Strangers” (with Houston Coley)
Michael is joined by film-maker and YouTuber Houston Coley to discuss Coley’s feature documentary, A Kingdom of Tea and Strangers.
Apr 17, 2025 • 1h 21min
One Anothering in An Othering Age (with Chase Tremaine)
Chase Tremaine joins Michael to discuss how the advancements in technology over the last 100 years have impacted the arts, for good and ill.
Mar 20, 2025 • 32min
Three Word-Pictures for Patrons and Artists
Michael offers three word-pictures to help clarify an understanding of the arts in terms of flourishing and the blessed life.
