Scroll down further to meet the Anselm Fellows, an amazing international group of artists, writers, and thinkers who continue to inspire us creatively.

Senior Staff Brian Brown

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Brian founded the Anselm Society in 2013. A graduate of Princeton University, he is also CEO of Narrator, a nonprofit consulting firm. Brian is a fan of T.S. Eliot, Anthony Esolen, and Jane Austen. He and his wife Christina share their love of beauty with their two small children, Edith and Edmund. Liz Horst

Publications Editor Heidi White

Events Board Member

Artist Discipleship Marcus Robinson

Director, Arts Guild
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Marcus Robinson (aka Mearlan) is a songwriter taking songs into his neighborhood. As director of the Anselm Society Arts Guild he is being shaped by writers, painters, poets, visual artists, classical musicians, and other songwriters. His music and live show schedule can me found at mearlan.com. Christina Brown

Assistant Director, Arts Guild Amy Lee Terri Moon

Director of Events
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Terri is a violinist with an MA in performance from University of North Texas who performs with the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs and loves forays into baroque music. Terri and her husband Steve homeschooled four creative now-adults, and she currently teaches at Pikes Peak Community College. Michelle Drake

Director of Hospitality Matt Mellema

Podcast Host Matt Burnett

Matt Burnett is the rector at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Colorado Springs. Born in Texas, he received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Texas A&M, worked for Compassion International all over the world, and founded Knowledge Builders, a small consulting company. He received his M.Div. from Trinity School for Ministry in Pittsburgh in 2002, and founded Holy Trinity in 2004. In addition to his beloved work in the parish, he is currently working on his doctorate, for which his dissertation focuses on the value of C.S. Lewis's fiction to catechesis and training up the next generation of the Church. He is married to Lauren and has three sons. Lancia Smith

Lancia E. Smith is an author, photographer, teacher, and business owner based in Colorado. She is founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Cultivating, and of The Cultivating Project. A grateful lover of the Triune God, Lancia is passionate about spiritual formation and discipling believers engaging in the arts. She and her husband Peter run a thriving environmental and engineering firm in northern Colorado and try to keep up with their rambling house and gardens called House on the Way. Lancia loves every book she ever read by C.S. Lewis; drinks strong black coffee; and sincerely hopes in her lifetime to reach zero in her inbox! Joel Clarkson

Joel Clarkson is a composer, author, an all-around artistic handyman. Joel has provided original award-winning music for numerous feature and short films, and has also received high praise as a concert composer and orchestrator. His love for creative writing led him into Christian publishing, where he has co-authored two books, The Lifegiving Home Experience, and A Different Kind of Hero (both with Tyndale Momentum), and into audiobook narration, where his work on the beloved children’s fantasy The Green Ember was nominated in Audible’s ‘Best of 2015.’ He and his sister Joy helm the Anselm Member Artist band Two Benedictions, and have found great happiness in sharing in that venture with their Colorado community through The Anselm Society. Staff Alumni

These wonderful people have played pivotal roles in building Anselm into what it is today, and have moved on to other cities or to focus on their art.

Heather Walker Peterson

Bill Thielker

Clay Clarkson

Anselm Fellows

We owe a debt of gratitude to many people, including these friends, speakers, and advisers whose wisdom and support have helped us grow (click photos for more information). The Anselm Fellows have spent time with us and continue to work internationally with us to foster a renaissance of the Christian imagination.
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