In this podcast we take you all around the intersection of the arts and the Christian faith.
Cody talks with Veronica McDonald about the enjoyment of surprising stories, the beauty of the Gospel, and the challenges of running a literary journal. Veronica McDonald is a published fiction writer, poet, visual artist, and editor. She graduated from American University in Washington D.C. with an M.A. Degree in Literature, and has since accumulated a growing list of published work. …
Nate, Rich and Dan discuss the art they’ve been experiencing recently: Anastasia Trusova’s paintings The Hallow app Brother to Brother by Michael Card & John Michael Talbot Ordinary Ways by Jon Guerra Stream this episode and subscribe to Forefront 360 on your favorite podcast app:AppleGoogleSpotifyShare this Episode Receive updates about future episodes: * indicates required Email Address *
Nate, Rich and Dan give their takes on the summer blockbusters of 2023. We keep it free of major spoilers. 00:04:23 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 00:12:46 – Across the Spider-Verse 00:20:25 – John Wick 4 00:26:28 – The Flash 00:31:44 – Asteroid City 00:34:06 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 00:45:11 – Mission: Impossible – Dead …
The Forefront crew continues and broadens their discussion about AI’s impact on the arts: How will widely accessible AI tools affect education? To what extent will AI displace jobs, and should we be concerned? Will using AI negatively affect our spiritual formation? Stream this episode and subscribe to Forefront 360 on your favorite podcast app:AppleGoogleSpotifyShare this Episode Receive updates about …
The Forefront crew discusses AI’s impact on the arts: Why has AI become so important recently? What are some positive use cases of new AI tools? What are our biggest concerns about the use of AI in the arts? Stream this episode and subscribe to Forefront 360 on your favorite podcast app:AppleGoogleSpotifyShare this Episode Receive updates about future episodes: * …
Rich Christman and guest host Houston Arledge interview Dr. Karen Swallow Prior about the ideas in her all-new book, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (Brazos, 2023). Karen Swallow Prior, Ph. D., is a reader, writer, and professor. In addition to The Evangelical Imagination, she is the author of On Reading Well: Finding …
Heather and Cody interview Chris Wheeler, a writer and poet rooted in Middlebury, IN. His nonfiction, liturgies, and poetry have been published in Barren, Fathom, Story Warren, Reformed Worship, Think Christian, Banner, and The Rabbit Room, among others. He published his first collection of poetry, Solace, in 2020. His second collection, Masks & Mirrors, came out in spring 2023.Stream this …
Cody and Nate discuss The Chosen, the hit multi-season series about the life of Jesus, told from the perspective of His followers. Topics include: How The Chosen came to be Does it improve upon other recent Scripture-to-screen adaptations? Favorite scenes Is the show ever sacrilegious? Does The Chosen “bring Scripture to life”? Bonus nitpicks Stream this episode and subscribe to …
Cody and Rich talk to Laura Reece Hogan. She is the author of Butterfly Nebula (Backwaters, University of Nebraska Press, forthcoming October 2023), winner of the Backwaters Prize in Poetry, Litany of Flights (Paraclete Press, 2020), winner of the Paraclete Poetry Prize, the chapbook O Garden-Dweller (Finishing Line Press, 2017), and the award-winning nonfiction spiritual theology book I Live, No …
Jennifer Greenman interviews Josh & Zac Tiessen, live at Forefront Festival’s A Night of Art. They discuss questions of faith, conservation, artistic process, elitism, and dealing with success and failure. A video version is also available below.Stream this episode and subscribe to Forefront 360 on your favorite podcast app:AppleGoogleSpotifyShare this Episode Receive updates about future episodes: * indicates required Email …
