It’s easy to see this world as disenchanted, and to give up hope that there’s more. But you were made to see the world with the eyes of heaven. And to live a bountiful life that participates in the life of God. Delve with Brian Brown and Sarah Howell into the great stories and their meaning for real life.
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What is a man actually for at home — past "protect and provide"? Brian Brown is joined by Sarah Howell, Jeremiah England, and Matthew Clark to build a theology of domestic masculinity anchored in St. Joseph, the only man in Scripture who never speaks and whose entire vocation is guardianship of an ordinary household. Using Julie Canlis's four movements of Christ's re-creation (Born, Baptized,…
"What If Your Tuesday Is Already Holy?" Most of us have quietly absorbed the idea that real spiritual life is happening somewhere else — the dramatic calling, the mountaintop moment, someone else's story. In this episode, Brian Brown, Sarah Howell, Matthew Clark, and Jeremiah England use Julie Canlis's "seven days" of Christ's ordinary life — born, grew, baptized, tempted, crucified, resurrected,…
Why does great art so often come from broken people? And what does that mean for Christians who want to make something true—something that actually holds hope without being sentimental? This episode opens the Summer 2026 season on subcreation with a story from Camelot. Not the glory of it—the kitchen of it. Sir Gareth of Orkney arrives at Arthur's court as a servant, earns his knighthood in…
Your life probably doesn't feel like a great story. It feels like a series of days — some meaningful, most just busy — without a clear arc or destination. That's what happens when the frame is too small. The Venerable Bede spent his entire life in a single monastery in Northumbria. He almost never left. And from that cell, he told a story so large it made a nation. This episode asks what Bede knew…
Have you ever looked around and felt like the last person on earth who still believes this stuff? Athanasius did. The young deacon at Nicaea spent the next forty-five years in exile, fighting a battle he couldn't win against a church that had largely caved. He wrote from the desert. He outlived four emperors. He didn't see the tide turn. He kept fighting anyway. In this episode, Brian, Amy, and…
How do we love earthly things in a way that honors God? Where do our longings fit in that equation? And...should we hug a tree after all? Andrew Roycroft and Lancia Smith rejoin the podcast for a discussion of themes from George MacDonald's "The Light Princess."
What if the resurrection isn’t about escaping the physical world, but redeeming it? Join Brian, Sarah, and special Guests Andrew Roycroft and Lancia Smith as they consider the resurrected Christ as fully embodied -- and what that means for us, and all of creation!
Why does every culture have a Cinderella story? Because eucatastrophe — the sudden joyous turn from ashes to glory — is the fundamental pattern of reality itself, and every culture recognizes it. In our last episode , we spent an episode with the dark fairy tales — the ones that don't end well, the ones parents used to read to their children on purpose. The Juniper Tree. The Girl Without Hands.…
Join Matthew, Brian, Sarah, and Jeremiah as we explore the dark and often unsettling fairy tales that have shaped human storytelling for centuries. We discuss their purpose, impact on children, and how they prepare us for the realities of life, and that courage, faithfulness, and hope matter precisely because darkness is real.
Sarah and Caroline share what’s ahead for the podcast over the next three months, reflect on the meaning of eucatastrophe, and explore how fairy tales help us see this pattern of reality more clearly, and what the material world has to do with it all! Access the show notes through our Substack (head over to anselmsociety.substack)!
In this conversation, Brian Brown, Sarah Howell, Jeremiah England, and Christina Brown delve into the themes presented in 'A Gentleman in Moscow' by Amor Towles, focusing on the character Count Rostov and his experiences within the confines of a hotel. Such a story helps us engage our confines -- After all, in winter, we’re stuck inside a lot, which reminds us of the limits that come with…
