S1:E20 – At The Table With Friends

by | May 20, 2019 | Podcast

At The Table With Friends by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OTW_S1-E20-At-the-table-with-friends.mp3 “In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out,”...

S1:E19 – Connecting Flights

by | May 13, 2019 | Podcast

Connecting Flights by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OTW_S1-E19_Connecting_Flights.mp3 From a few thousand feet in the air I saw an arc of lightning skitter across the dark sky and curl back...

S1:E18 – The Costly Craft of Paying Attention, Pt. 2

by | May 6, 2019 | Podcast

The Costly Craft of Paying Attention, Pt. 2 by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/OTW_S1-E18-CS16_Matthew_Clark_Part_2.mp3 Unfortunately, there’s no text for this week’s podcast! This was...

S1:E17 – The Costly Craft of Paying Attention, Pt. 1

by | Apr 29, 2019 | Podcast

The Costly Craft Of Paying Attention, Pt. 1 by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/OTW_S1-E17-CS16_Matthew_Clark_Part_1.mp3 This talk was originally given at Cofferstowe 2016.  Unfortunately, I...

S1:E16 – The Conquering Power of Mercy

by | Apr 22, 2019 | Podcast

The Conquering Power of Mercy by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/OTW_S1-E16-The-conquering-power-of-mercy.mp3   “Shall I kill them?” says Israel’s king to the prophet Elisha in 2nd Kings chapter 6....

S1:E14 – Listen to the Birdsong

by | Apr 1, 2019 | Podcast

Listen to the Birdsong by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/OTW_S1-E14-Listen-to-the-Birdsong.mp3   Listen to the birdsong, There’s still something clear and clean Breathe in the bright air, All is...

S1:E11 – Joyful obedience? What am I missing?

by | Mar 12, 2019 | Podcast

Joyful Obedience? What am I missing? by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OTW_S1-E11-Joyful-Obedience-What-am-I-missing.mp3 “I’m taking a coffee break. You want me to make you some?” my brother Sam...

S1:E10 – A Smoldering Wick

by | Mar 4, 2019 | Podcast

A Smoldering Wick by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OTW_S1-E10-A-Smouldering-Wick.mp3 Today I don’t want to write anything. I’ve started several documents, gotten a few paragraphs in and deleted...

S1:E9 – Etymology Episode: “diabolical”

by | Feb 25, 2019 | Podcast

Etymology Episode: "diabolical" by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/OTW_S1-E9-Etymology-Episode-Diabolical.mp3 Recently, a friend asked me when I first fell in love with words. I remember...

S1:E8 – What IS a Cofferstowe anyway?

by | Feb 18, 2019 | Podcast

What IS a Cofferstowe anyway? by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/OTW_S1-E8-What-IS-a-Cofferstowe-anyway.mp3   One of my favorite stories about two of my favorite authors, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R....

S1:E7 – Homesick at Home

by | Feb 11, 2019 | Podcast

Homesick at Home by Amelia Friedline | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/OTW_S1-E7-Homesick-at-Home-Amelia-Friedline.mp3 I am sitting at the kitchen table, looking out over the backyard absentmindedly with a slow...

S1:E6 – An Abandoned Piano

by | Feb 4, 2019 | Podcast

An Abandoned Piano by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/OTW_S1-E6-An-Abandoned-Piano.mp3   A day of flying and finally I landed in San Antonio, where the hotel shuttle picked me up and drove me...

S1:E5 – The Shy Deer and The Fence

by | Jan 28, 2019 | Podcast

The Shy Deer and The Fence by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OTW_S1-E5-The-Shy-Deer-and-The-Fence.mp3 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing...

S1:E4 – The Speeding River Of Light

by | Jan 23, 2019 | Podcast

The Speeding River Of Light by Rachel Mosley | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OTW_S1-E4-The-Speeding-River-of-Light-Rachel-Mosley.mp3 I am standing in front of the bathroom counter in my grandmother’s house. It...

S1:E3 – Come Thou Fount

by | Jan 14, 2019 | Podcast

Come Thou Fount by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OTW_S1-E2-Come-Thou-Fount.mp3 One night a few years back I was lying in bed unable to sleep. Since I’m so incredibly pious and I only ever think...

S1:E2 – Fifty-Four Frogs

by | Jan 6, 2019 | Podcast

Fifty-Four Frogs by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OTW_S1-E2-Fifty-Four-Frogs.mp3 Fifty-four frogs. I counted fifty-four pinky-nail-sized frogs on a single walk one day in a patch of woods near...

S1:E1 – Stories On The Way

by | Dec 31, 2018 | Podcast

Stories On The Way by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/OTW_S1-E1-Stories-On-The-Way.mp3 One of the very best things I’ve read in the past few years is a little seventy-five page book called “Only...