For this episode, Michael is joined by Brian Brown, founder and executive director of the Anselm Society, about the importance of the arts in the practice of communal meaning-making. Along the way, they discuss the work and vision of the Anselm Society, the difference between communal and individual experiences of the arts, why art is not gratuitous to human flourishing, what each of us can do to participate in our communities through the arts, and much more.

Stay tuned at the end to hear the studio version of our new theme song, “Humble & Lowly,” by Civilized Creature, off of the recently released LP, Earthen Vessel.

You can connect with the Anselm Society through their website:

https://www.anselmsociety.org/

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Imagination Redeemed

Believe to See

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