Believe to See

Evangeline, Mandy, and Christina discuss how to handle writing the right story at the wrong time. What do we do, in life or writing, when our timing seems out of sync, when the work we've poured ourselves into doesn't seem to go anywhere?

Christina, Matt, Evangeline, and Mandy discuss their top books of 2023. In a (mostly) spoilers-free episode, the Believe to See co-hosts discuss books they read in 2023 (not necessarily published in 2023) that they found enriching and delightful.

Christina, Mandy, and Matt discuss fasting in feasting, their relationship to one another, and their relationship to the Christian tradition and liturgical calendar. They discuss how we can reclaim the definitions of fasting and feasting and how we can reintegrate them into our lives today.

Evangeline sits down with YA author and founder of Owl's Nest Publishers K.B. Hoyle to talk about teenagers, young adult literature, and the "bildungsroman," the coming-of-age story. Learn more about K.B. Hoyle at http://www.kbhoyle.com/

“We all know that if two people enjoy spending time together, they must secretly want to kiss each other. I mean, what’s the point of being friends otherwise?” - Matt Mellema There seems to be a phenomenon in literature that if there are two characters in a story who are good friends, there will be some corner of the internet that will be convinced that they are an item… no matter what.  Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline discuss the question, “Why can’t people just be friends in literature?”

Mandy sits down with artist, writer, and spiritual director Jenn Layte for a conversation about imagination, stories, and faith. They discuss Lectio Divina, spiritual pilgrimage, spiritual direction, and more.   You can learn more about Jenn at https://jenniferaglayte.com/ and https://the-pilgrimage.org/.    All are welcome to join Jenn Layte and The Pilgrimage Online’s online retreat, Winter Solace, January 12-14, 2024. Learn more at https://the-pilgrimage.org/home-2/get-connected/winter-solace-2024/

Matt sits down with Matthew Lee Anderson to discuss his new book, Called into Questions. Matt Anderson is an author and professor of philosophy at Baylor University, as well as the founder of Mere Orthodoxy (https://mereorthodoxy.com/). You can learn more about Matt at https://matthewleeanderson.com/

Matt, Christina, and Mandy set out to list the Anselm Society’s Top 5—the “top five anythings” that the Anselm Society loves, is passionate about, and is defined by. Since Believe to See is the podcast of the Anselm Society, the Believe to See cohosts take it upon themselves to attempt to determine who or what (Tolkien? St. Anselm himself? The Chronicles of Narnia? GK Chesterton?) defines the Anselm Society.

Christina and Matt interview Marilyn McIntyre about her chapter in The Anselm Society's new book Why We Create, "The Art of Naming.”   Marilyn McIntyre is an award-winning author. She leads retreats and workshops and teaches at Westmont Seminary, Westmont College, and New College Berkley. You can learn more about her at www.marilynmcentyre.com    

Mandy interviews reader, writer, and professor Karen Swallow Prior, talking about her recent book, "The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis." Mandy and Karen explore the last few hundred years of evangelicalism's relation to culture through the lens of "literary anthropology" and Karen's decades of experience teaching evangelical college students.