“Without guidance, people fall, but with many counselors there is deliverance.”
— Proverbs 11:14 HCSB
The cloister keeps the fire. The courtyard is where the work is heard.
Once a month a maker stands up in this hall and tells the truth about the job: how a story is built, how a studio lives or dies, how a disciple stays a person while the build is on fire. Live sessions include Q&A. Recordings go to YouTube shortly after.
This is not a conference circuit. It is counsel — the kind you get when someone who still has ink on their hands will sit with you for an hour.
How you get in
The list, then Discord
Live seats are in the community Discord. The email list is the key to that room. Recordings are public once they are posted.
Talks come from members, allies, and friends — across the spheres, from the deeply spiritual to the strictly professional.
On the record
21 May 2026. Ben Bond — Leveling Up Inclusion: Disability, Faith and Representation in Gaming
18 June 2026. Craig Meredith — Toward a Redemptive Blockchain
16 July 2026. Tim Cleary — The Best Storyteller Wins
20 August 2026. Joel Balyeat — Finding The Problem You Were Born to Solve
The YouTube playlist holds the recordings.
Third Thursday, 1:00pm Pacific. Dates can move; the list hears first.
Still ahead in 2026
17 September. Jaclyn Parrish — Why Games Matter
15 October. Brad Hickey — Critical Connections: A Theological Perspective on the Christian Gaming Industry