Anthony Freda: From Time & The New Yorker to Christian Art (Face of Jesus Park)

In this episode of The Faith Roundtable, Josh Burtram sits down with Anthony Freda—award-winning illustrator, educator, and activist—whose journey took him from major editorial platforms (Time, The New Yorker, and The New York Times) to explicitly Christian art centered on truth, beauty, and redemption.

Anthony shares the turning points that reshaped his life: moral crises inside advertising and media, a deeply personal health emergency that reawakened faith, and why his work today is increasingly focused on devotion, prayer, and embodied art—including his visionary project Face of Jesus Park, a sculptural earthen garden designed for reflection and spiritual renewal.

The conversation also explores questions many people feel but struggle to name:

- How propaganda works in modern life (and why it’s so effective)

- Why “being connected” can still leave us isolated

- AI, the “black box” problem, and the spiritual and ethical stakes of accelerating technology

- Where hope and moral courage come from when institutions feel untrustworthy

Guest: Anthony Freda

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