Forefront 360

The Forefront Festival team gathers for an all-new arts review:

- Sean reviews the book Confessions by Tolstoy

- Zack reviews the album Lent by Liturgical Folk

- Nate reviews the film American Gospel: Christ Alone

- Rich discusses the work of fashion designer Jerry Lorenzo

Hosted by Forefront marketing director Robbie Davis, fashion designer MollyKate Cline recounts her story of loss and hope, and describes how her faith impacts her work in the world of fashion.

In this special episode, Forefront managing editor Sean O'Hare interviews author Alastair Roberts about his book Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture.

In this special episode, Forefront collaborator Zack Osinski interviews New York-based musician Melanie Penn about how she made major career shifts, what hope means to her, and how Christian artists deal with hardship and misery.

This episode continues the series in which the latest entries on the Forefront blog are read aloud by their authors. In this episode, Nate Mancini reads his new entry, "5 Podcasts Christian Artists Should Listen To." You can read the entry or leave a comment on ForefrontFestival.com/blog.

The Forefront Festival team is here to discuss the art they've been enjoying lately.

00:00 - Introduction

00:44 - Cody recommends the Instagram feed of Sasha Hallock

02:46 - Robbie discusses the faith and fashion design work of MollyKate Cline

06:24 - Zack backtracks his previous disdain of Christmas albums and reviews Melanie Penn's album Immanuel

12:05 - Rich recommends Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas

16:15 - Nate reviews First Reformed

The whole Forefront team is here to discuss Sean's new blog entry, "Echoes of Exodus: Reading Scripture as Music."

The latest arts review episode from the Forefront team.

00:30 - Nate reviews First Man

12:28 - Sean discusses Localism in the Mass Age: A Front Porch Republic Manifesto and a local compline service

19:52 - Rich reviews The Crucible and Over the Garden Wall

This discussion episode begins with Nate and Rich welcoming Sean O'Hare as the newest member of the Forefront team. In the feature segment, Nate and Sean interview Rich about the details of coffee and tea: why these beverages are relevant for artists, why coffee seems to win out on social media, and how tea became the mover of nations.

This episode continues the series in which the latest entries on the Forefront blog are read aloud by their authors. In this episode, Rich Christman reads his new entry, "Coffee or Tea: Which is the Better Artist Fuel?" You can read the entry or leave a comment on ForefrontFestival.com/blog.