Podcast Archives - Matthew Clark

Jesus was realistic about the fact that this world will break us. We’ll be tempted to capitulate to the cold-hearted tunelessness of evil. Jesus prepared us for inevitable suffering and discouragement, and he promised to keep a hold on us to the end, singing a song over us that radiates from the warmth of his unquenchable heart. The post S6:E4 – We’re going to need a new song, Moses ap...

This week, I’m looking at this idea that “the medium is the message.” For instance, if I want to communicate how delicious chicken curry is, that message will best be made available by actually making you a delicious chicken curry. How might that relate to God’s desire to make himself available to us? The post S6:E3 – Horse-sense and the Meaning of the World appeared first on Matthew Clark .

This week, I’m sharing some thoughts I’ve been having while spending a lot of time lately out at my family’s farm. Specifically, I’ve been deer hunting, which, if you’ve ever been, leaves you lots of time to sit quietly in beautiful places and think. The post S6:E2 – Sitting very still, very cold, for a very long time appeared first on Matthew Clark .

To kick off season six, I’d like to share some thoughts I’ve been thinking while working to fix up an old four wheeler out at our family’s farm in rural Mississippi. What started out as a more practical project, wound up surprising me, as, on a deeper heart-level, I felt unexpected joy and excitement about reclaiming an old, worn out machine. The post S6:E1 – Reclamation: Fixing up a Four-Wh...

Meet professor, scholar, and essayist for "A Tale of Two Trees," Jonathan Koefoed. Jonathan chose the last song on the album, "By the Rivers of Babylon," and wrote a rich personal essay exploring, in the midst of a broken world, Christ's command to practice a peculiar hope. The post S5:E17 – A Tale of Two Trees: Jonathan Koefoed, “Moonlight in the Desert: Singing the Sojourner’s...