AMDG. Writer, theater maker, game designer, and alumnus of Kolbe and Yale University Alexi Sargeant joins the Kolbecast in this episode to discuss community and storytelling in the past, present, and future.  He speaks with experience as both a student and a teacher about encountering Shakespeare and other dramatic works meant to be spoken, highlights the intersection of theology and culture, and nerds out with Steven and Everett Buyarski about the role of the fantastical in a life of formation.

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Alexi’s wife Leah Libresco Sargeant spoke at Kolbe Academy’s 2023 Call to Holiness Retreat. Leah’s presentation is available here.  

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Saintly Creatures: 14 Tales of Animals and Their Holy Companions, Alexi’s new book, is available now!

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Links mentioned and relevant:

• Doxacon, the convention bringing together faith, truth, fantasy, and science fiction, happening November 3 & 4, 2023, in Arlington, VA
• Games that Alexi has built
• Alexi converses with Word on Fire’s Haley Stewart about his new book Saintly Creatures
• Kolbecast episode 172 A Gift-Laden Voyage with Philip Kosloski of Voyage Comics

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A sampling of Alexi’s writing:

• Winter’s Tale: The Icy Pang of Contrition and the Gift of Thawing Grace
• Men of Fidelity
• God and the Gamemaster

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