Name: In the Beginning Was the Story with Jeremy Crawford
Start: 2026-03-08T19:00:00-07:00
Location: The Alembic

In the Beginning Was the Story with Jeremy Crawford

Storytelling shapes our view of ourselves, the cosmos, and the divine. Join Jeremy Crawford, formerly a lead designer of Dungeons & Dragons and now a game director at Critical Role, for a talk about the role of story in the development of our spiritual practices, theologies, and play. Starting with a meditation on the prologue of John’s gospel — including a fresh translation — Crawford will explore the entangled life of narrative and the religious imagination. Whether we seek mystical union with the divine, a deeper understanding of spiritual tools like the tarot, or a greater sense of empowerment in a roleplaying game, are we ready to wield the wand of the magician-storyteller? Following his talk, Jeremy will be joined by Erik Davis to continue the conversation.
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Jeremy Crawford is the game director at Critical Role's Darrington Press. Before joining Critical Role, he was the lead designer of the Player’s Handbook (2014 and 2024) for Dungeons & Dragons, and he oversaw the development of rules for D&D over the past decade. He also led or co-led the design of the Monster Manual (2025), Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything (2020), Eberron: Rising from the Last War (2019), the Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014), and many other D&D books. In the years before he worked on D&D, he co-designed the game Blue Rose and wrote for the games Mutants & Masterminds and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. For over five years, he has been one of the storytellers and performers in the live-play show Acquisitions Incorporated. Prior to becoming a game designer, Jeremy earned a master's degree in theology at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and studied at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.