Episode 8: Pete Peterson

At this stage in our exploration of Genesis 1 in our Call It Good series, it felt important to sit down with Pete Peterson, someone who sits at an important nexus in relation to calling it good. As the Creative Director of The Rabbit Room, Pete is tasked with shaping a creative community whose miss…

Episode 6: Carolyn Arends

From host Matt Conner: "If you've followed along with Carolyn's career over the 25 years since, you'll likely agree with me that you've learned to trust her work and her voice. She's released more than a dozen albums in the last quarter decade, along with three acclaimed books. In addition to her …

Episode 5: Propaganda

From host Matt Conner: "Beyond his substantive and compelling work in the arts, Propaganda also just released a new book Terraform, a series of thoughtful essays about this subject of building a better world. On this episode of Call it Good, Propaganda sat down to tell me about the wrestling he's…

Episode 7: Andrew Peterson

For author and singer-songwriter (and so many other things) Andrew Peterson, the last year or more certainly presented some challenges as it did for everyone. But it was also an unexpected respite after a quarter-century of creative work, leaning into his considerable musical and literary gifts to …

Episode 2: Helena Sorensen

From host Matt Conner: " If you've hung around The Rabbit Room over the years, then you'll likely recognize the name and wonderful work of writer and speaker Helena Sorensen. She's a frequent contributor to The Rabbit Room site as well as a presenter at Hutchmoot. She's often featured with our fr…

Episode 4: Malcolm Guite

From host Matt Conner: "We can't venture very far into our exploration of Genesis 1 without contending with the form in which it's been given to us. The creation narrative isn't something to analyze and apply like a textbook. Instead, there's cadence and meter, there's rhythm, repetition. It's a p…

Episode 3: Russ Ramsey

From host Matt Conner: "Talking to Russ Ramsey made sense from every angle. As a practitioner, Russ is an excellent author and writer who just released his fifth book, Rembrandt Is In the Wind. As a pastor, he not only shapes sermons each week for his Presbyterian church plant in Cool Springs, wh…

Episode 1: Thomas McKenzie

From host Matt Conner: "From the moment I had the idea for this podcast, I knew I needed to sit down with my friend Thomas McKenzie as the cornerstone conversation. Thematically speaking, as a podcast exploring what it means to create in the image of a Creator, it felt very important for me to beg…

An Introduction to Call It Good

Welcome to Call It Good, a series of conversations with authors, artists, and pastors about creative confidence and the invitation before us to join with the Spirit in the act of re-creating the world. In this introduction, host Matt Conner tells us about Call It Good by way of two contrasting ane…