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The Hacker's Cache#43 Grind Now, Relax Later: The Harsh Reality of Breaking Into Cybersecurity ft. Matthew Younker (Zumi Yumi)In this episode of The Hacker’s Cache, Matthew Younker (aka Zumi Yumi) shares the raw truth about what it really took to break into offensive security, working full time, going to college, and grinding for OSCP with almost zero rest. He opens up about the unhealthy sacrifices he made, why OSWA was harder than OSCP, and how his journey from Army hazmat to pentester shaped the way he works today. If you’ve ever wondered what the grind really looks like behind the certifications and titles, this one hits close to home. Connect with Matthew Younker (Zumi...
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Podcast Archives - Matthew ClarkA Tale of Two Trees: Steven Elmore, "Sustained by Joy"
A Tale of Two Trees: Steven Elmore, "Sustained by Joy"
by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words
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Steven Elmore is the President of the C.S. Lewis Foundation. He has over 20 years of experience working at nonprofit organizations and educational institutions, including serving as a community college adjunct professor (English composition), software instructor (basic to advanced MS Office), GED instructor (science, history), test preparation tutor, and in a wide range of office management and administration roles. His specific skill sets include event management, teaching...
2023-07-2016 minPodcast Archives - Matthew ClarkOnly the Lover Sings: Matthew Clark, "The Way Home"
The Way Home
by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words
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The Heart of Our God
Matthew Clark
Now I know that it’s hard to talk about
I know guilt and shame and sin
And punishment and wrath are awkward at best
And at worst unmentionable things
But we can’t just pretend like we all are ok
Like what’s under the rug doesn’t haunt us ...
2022-06-2716 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayOnly the Lover Sings: Matthew Clark, "The Way Home"Meet... um... me! :) Surprise, I wrote an essay for my own book! I chose the song "The Heart of Our God" from the album and wrote an essay called "The Way Home". In it, I'm looking at the death of Jesus - asking not necessarily *how* it does what it does... but *what* does it do? Was it necessary or just a loving gesture? Does the cross really have anything to do with my actual life?
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2022-06-2716 minPodcast Archives - Matthew ClarkOnly the Lover Sings, Matthew Clark - I want to see what she saw
I want to see what she saw
by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words
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What exactly did she see that day on the face of our tired, thirsty Lord? Because, God knows, all of us long all our lives to see it ourselves, searching for it in every face we meet. Notably, we’re not given a description of what the woman at the we...
2022-05-1714 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayOnly the Lover Sings, Matthew Clark - I want to see what she sawThis week on the podcast, I'll share an excerpt from the introductory essay to the new book, tell you more about the project, and read a favorite related psalm to close. Over the next weeks, the amazing essayists who wrote for the book will share excerpts from their essays written in response to the songs and the woman at the well.
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2022-05-1714 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayYour Place in the Story, Pt. 2 - A Beautiful New NameHow do we find our place in the Story Jesus is telling? Beginning last week, I started a series of episodes exploring that theme. In part one, I talked about how, broadly speaking, liturgies are simply a human phenomenon (even apart from religion) that work a story into our bones. And this week, I’m jumping off from there exploring how the unnoticed narratives we involve ourselves in name us - for good or ill. Names are how we understand our essential relation to things, the truth of our being.
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2021-05-2418 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayYour Place in the Story, Pt. 1 - *or Anybody Want a Peanut?Everybody does liturgies - inside and outside the church. I’m thinking of a liturgy as any shared practice or discipline that situates us within a particular narrative that gives our life context and meaning. Liturgies provide language, images, events, and storyline. They work that stuff down into our bones, until whatever story we’re practicing becomes the measure for everything. The next few weeks, I'm exploring things that help us find our place in The Story Jesus is telling.
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2021-05-1716 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayNicole Kelley, Peter and His Person Record Swim TimeThis week, we welcome singer/songwriter Nicole Kelley. Her disarming and wise way of talking about Jesus made me think how much I’d love to get her to share something here, and this week she’ll be talking about Peter’s faith and failures and how Jesus’s steadfast grace gives us permission to let go of regret and "press on toward the prize" as Paul says. Nicole's new album "Canyon Wide" is available everywhere online. Visit her website: www.nicolekelleymusic.com
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2021-05-0319 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayGod's Friends Getting Stuff DoneSometimes we forget that God works through regular people to get things done. The Bible didn’t just magically appear out of nowhere; God invited real people throughout history to join in his long redemptive work. In the Bible, we see evidence of it. This week, I’ll share how I’ve experienced that personally, and some thoughts on how God provides for us through Creation, wisdom, and friendship.
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2021-04-2716 minPodcast Archives - Matthew ClarkDear Friend, A Letter
Dear Friend, A Letter
by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words
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Dear Friend,
I’m writing this to you from the blue chair by the bookcase in my room in Mississippi. I can hear the soft hush of the A/C unit and it’s reminding me to breathe in and breath out. The last time I heard from you, you mentioned that you were having such a hard time sleeping a lot of nights lately. Everybody’s mind is raci...
2021-04-1315 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayDear Friend, A LetterThis week, I wanted to read a letter I wrote almost exactly one year ago today. I was feeling all the dismay and bewilderment of that moment as lockdowns began, and I wrote this piece for the Spring 2020 Issue of The Cultivating Project. The Lord can enter into and redeem absolutely anything, if he can transform the cross and the grave. So, though I don’t see how, I know he’s not dismayed or bewildered. Jesus will bring life and eucatastrophe in a thousand little ways as we continue our Pilgrimage toward the Joy set before us.
Th...
2021-04-1315 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayEaster: Secret Strength and Deeper Magic...But wait, there's more! It's still Easter, or Easter-tide, all the way till Pentecost on May 23rd! So, today I'm sharing two interrelated readings on the theme of Easter Joy. One from Alexander Schmemann that I'll read, and one from Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" read beautifully and joyfully by Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson. We may weep, yes, but since Christ has come we have a "secret strength" and participate in a "deeper magic". This changes everything.
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2021-04-0519 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Easter SundayAlleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Well, friends, thank so much for walking through this week with me. I've really needed it, personally. In this last Holy Week episode, Amy Baik Lee will read her piece "In the space of a single word", Son of Laughter (Chris Slaten) will sing "The Gardener", Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson will read John Updike's poem "Seven Stanzas at Easter", and Brian Brian will close us with a prayer. "One Thousand Words" will be back as usual every Monday.
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2021-04-0419 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Saturday, The Gift of the Quiet In-BetweenWhat do we do with this strange, suspended Saturday? This in-between time, this "Nondum" or "not-yet" time, after Jesus's death but before his Resurrection? For his first followers there was no certainty of what was to come. Surely, this silent Saturday is a part of Jesus's gift to us, too, right along with Friday and Sunday? I'll talk a little about that, read a poem, Taylor Leonhardt will share an original poem and her song "Lights gone out", and Brian Brown will close us in prayer. Join us again tomorrow on "One Thousand Words".
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2021-04-0314 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Good FridayThis is Crucifixion Day, Good Friday. This is a hard day, because Jesus’s brutalized face, faces us with the truth about ourselves - asking us to face him with our true faces, and discover that an unexpected new life is possible in Him. Amy Lee will share "The Blood-bought gift of loneliness", I'll sing a song, and Brian Brown will read T.S. Eliot's "East Coker IV" and close us in prayer. Join us every day this week on "One Thousand Words".
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2021-04-0221 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Maundy ThursdayIt's Maundy Thursday. "Maundy" means mandate or command, and this is the day Jesus washes his disciples' feet and mandates that they love as he has loved them. The Last Supper takes place today, after which Jesus prays at Gethsemane in anguish as his disciples fall asleep. Then he is betrayed with a kiss and arrested. Today, Chris Slaten (Son of Laughter) will sing for us, we'll hear from Amy Baik Lee who will also read a G.M. Hopkins poem, I'll sing a song, and Brian Brown will close us in prayer. Join us every day this week.
2021-04-0119 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Wednesday, Mary Does a Beautiful ThingOn this Wednesday of Holy Week, I wonder how lonely Jesus felt? No one really gets what he's doing. But then Mary breaks the jar of costly perfume. She gets it somehow, and is promptly attacked by the others for her "foolishness". Today, we'll look at Mary's beautiful act, Taylor Leonhardt will sing a Mission House song, my friend Grace Andrews will read George Herbert, and Brian Brown will close us in prayer. Join us every night this week on "One Thousand Words".
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2021-03-3117 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Tuesday, Remembering AbrahamOn this Tuesday of Holy Week, I'm trying something different. I'm sharing a fictional imagining of Jesus as he camps outside Jerusalem, remembering the promises made to Abraham so long ago and how they are about to be fulfilled, finally in himself. I'll also share a song, Malcolm Guite will read a sonnet, and Brian Brown will close us in prayer. Join us every day this week as we walk our story together with Jesus.
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2021-03-3022 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Monday, Cleansing the TempleThis Monday of Holy Week, we continue walking with Jesus to the cross. So far he's wept over Jerusalem, entered to short-lived praise, and now he makes his way to the City's broken heart, the Temple. I'll share a reflection and a song, Malcolm Guite will recite a sonnet, and Brian Brown of The Anselm Society will close us in prayer. Join us every day this week.
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2021-03-2916 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Palm SundayThis is Palm Sunday. Our Story begins today with Jesus, having resolutely turned his face toward Jerusalem, entering that City to shouts of praise that he knows will quickly change to shouts of condemnation. But He knows exactly what he is doing; he has come to die. I'll read a passage from Frederick Buechner and sing a song, Malcolm Guite will read one of his sonnets, and Brian Brown will pray from the Book of Common Prayer to close.
Join me and my friends every evening this week for this special Holy Week series.
The...
2021-03-2916 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayOld Family RecipesYesterday around a friend's Sunday Dinner table, I tasted "Luella's Rice" for the first time and saw that it was good. My friend's old family recipe brought something good from the past into the present and awakened a hungry hope for a future feast. This week, I'm wondering if the church is like a kitchen where we apprentice, through Scriptural doctrines, practices, and fellowship, learning to cook up good things, setting the table for a coming Feast?
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2021-03-2217 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayMan or Machine? (Or How to Relax a Little)This week, I'm remembering something Eugene Peterson said that showed me how we take on a lot of pressure to perform like machines; but we’re not machines, we’re people. Christianity’s emphasis on the grace revealed in Jesus - who, at the crucifixion, puts the locus of human identity on the fact of our belovedness, means we are precious completely independent of our performance, productivity, or achievement.
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2021-03-1515 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayRedecorating the Imagination with HopeA dear friend of mine was asked, “What is the most lovely and beautiful future you could possibly imagine that the Lord might provide for you?” This week, I'm asking if the imagination might be a place where we keep pictures of what life could be like, and how good relationships, stories, and art can help ‘hang hopeful pictures’ on the wall for us. And I’ll end with Holly Ordway's sonnet "A Sudden Goldfinch" as a benediction.
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2021-03-0120 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayNone of my businessThis week, I’m thinking about how we are called to work in faith, because we rarely are able to see how our part fits meaningfully into any larger story. Life and love can feel like a waste of time, but even at our lowest points God is at work in and through us, bringing his Great Tale to life in this world. I’ll share a little from the Book of Job and one personal story of how Jesus has encouraged me to show up but leave the results to him.
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2021-02-2219 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayLeslie Bustard, "He Who Began a Good Work"Welcome to special guest essayist, Leslie Anne Bustard! Leslie is a mom, wife, writer, and a publisher with Square Halo Books. She'll be sharing an original poem and essay. Regarding her essay, Leslie says, "When I was a homeschooling mom of three daughters, I believed I could manufacture, through the right schedule or the right books, perfect days of learning and loving. But God had deeper lessons of his long view work in his children for me to learn." Find Leslie online: facebook.com/leslie.bustard
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2021-02-1515 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayPoetry and Impossible PossibilitiesDavid Lyle Jeffrey says, "God is a poet" and quotes John Donne, saying ours is "'a very figurative and metaphorical God.' How he speaks, not just what he says, becomes an important measure of who he is." This week, I'm thinking about how poetry, and the arts in general, are practiced by Jesus, and given to us as a means of making our imaginations more roomy for Himself and the things His love makes impossibly possible.
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2021-02-0820 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WaySong and Story: Gone Too LongA few days back, my friend Amy Lee introduced me to the Greek New Testament word "splagchnizomai", which is a kind of gut-wrenching ache of compassion and longing for someone. That helped me think about my newest release "Gone Too Long". So, this week, I'm ruminating on "splagchnizomai" as it relates to the story behind that song, and I'll share the song itself to close the episode.
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2021-02-0117 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayOpen the Windows, Let In Some AirLast night, my friends and I that meet weekly started reading one of my favorite books - Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton. This is one of the main books that I go back to again and again when I get stuck and can’t believe in joy. There are few books I find as refreshing. So in this episode, I’m thinking about how easy it is to get stuck in a world that’s no bigger than the globe of my own head. How I need a revelation - I need someone to open the windows and let in som...
2021-01-2516 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayMLK Day: How to make an apple pieOn this Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, I'm wondering about the ingredients that make seemingly impossible healing possible - how did Dr. King point to a Resource greater than any human as he proclaimed a dream for humanity? I'll close with two prayers written by Dr. King. All of that somehow relates to apple pie, obviously, right?
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2021-01-1819 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayA Brawl in the Jazz ClubWelcome to Year Three of the podcast! I'm excited to get things started up for this season. In this episode, I'll share one of my "quirky loves", and explore three analogies - jazz improv, storytelling, and sailing - as we talk about how to discern reality in the midst of so much confusion. Please subscribe, comment, and share.
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2021-01-1216 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WaySeason 2 Finale, "The Radiant"The title of this season's finale is a play on words: "Radiant" as a noun is the source of light, and "radiant" as an adjective is whatever is being illumined by that Radiant. Jesus is Creation's Radiant, the Light and Logos who makes it radiant. This is too often a lost connection that must be remade again and again, since without it, the wisdom of God that signals life's dignity is broken.
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2020-06-3020 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayAmy Baik Lee, "Synesthesia"This week, special guest essayist Amy Baik Lee shares about her "personal quirk": grapheme-color synesthesia, and how its "joint perceptions" may offer an encouraging clue toward developing faithful sensitivities. How do the body God has given us and the world we live in intermingle so that God's promises and presence "make sense to our senses"?
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2020-06-2215 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayThe bluebird, the landslide, and a Fool's hopeLately, life has been a landslide and I've felt exhausted by the false-light of information and the apparent darkness. A people without vision perish, says Proverbs, and Jesus in the sermon on the mount appeals to those whose lamps (eyes) have gone dark without their realizing it. This week, I'm writing as a sort of prayer for renewed vision - a vision of God alive and at work in the world giving faith to those who seek the light of his face, a face that remains at peace amidst the storm.
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2020-06-1516 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayStorytime: Of Wolves and PiggiesThis week is a departure from the normal podcast. I decided to revisit an old, familiar nursery tale and it went in a direction I hadn't planned.
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2020-06-0815 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayGood enough is more than enoughAs an artist and in everyday life, perfectionism can be paralyzing. Afraid I'll fail to do the best thing, I wind up doing nothing. Of course, I believe in excellence, but there's no way around the fact that there will always be a "gap" between what we hoped to do and what we were able to do. But, in grace, Jesus invites us to bravely, humbly offer up whatever we can, and he will fill in the gaps.
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2020-05-2516 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHe has become my salvationI was worn out last week, so I didn't make a podcast. Then, I had a great conversation with a friend which helped me remember (again) that salvation is not a thing to get, or do, or achieve. Rather, Jesus *is* our salvation. That sets me free to be a person in abiding love with a Person - ever becoming a living character in God's story - rather than a task machine.
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2020-05-1815 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayThe yoke of glorious engagementI need sobering reminders that snap me out of the spell of apathy, passivity, and disengagement with life. This week, I've been hearing Jesus's call to stay present and to participate deeply through talks given by friends during Anselm Society's "Imagination Redeemed" online conference (imaginationredeemed.com). I'll talk some about that, and close with a passage about bravery from Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead".
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2020-05-0418 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayYou become like what you worshipPsalm 135 says, "The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Made by human hands. They have mouths but cannot speak, Eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear... Those who make them will become like them, And so will all who trust in them." But what happens when we worship Jesus - a person with eyes that do see, and ears that do hear? Do we become like him? Do we have a real shot at becoming fully alive and human again?
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2020-04-2817 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayLive Song & Story - "Meet Me Here"This week, I'm sharing a live song and story from a house concert I played last Fall. The song is "Meet me here", and it was written for the Easter season as a reminder of the joy that Jesus has set before us - literal bodily resurrection and subsequent deathlessness forever. "You can meet me here in 10,000 years, and I'll know your face, and you'll know mine." Also, I'm premiering the Song & Story video at: youtube.com/matthewclarknet tonight at 7pm Central. Come join me and chat a bit!
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2020-04-2015 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayEaster: Secret Strength & Deeper Magic...But wait, there's more! It's still Easter, or Easter-tide, all the way till Pentecost on May 31st! So, today I'm sharing two interrelated readings on the theme of Easter Joy. One from Alexander Schmemann that I'll read, and one from Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" read beautifully and joyfully by Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson. We may weep, yes, but since Christ has come we have a "secret strength" and participate in a "deeper magic". This changes everything.
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2020-04-1419 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Easter SundayAlleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Well, friends, thank so much for walking through this week with me. I've really needed it, personally. In this last Holy Week episode, Amy Baik Lee will read her piece "In the space of a single word", Son of Laughter (Chris Slaten) will sing "The Gardener", Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson will read John Updike's poem "Seven Stanzas at Easter", and Brian Brian will close us with a prayer. "One Thousand Words" will be back as usual every Monday.
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2020-04-1319 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Saturday, The gift of the quiet in-betweenWhat do we do with this strange, suspended Saturday? This in-between time, this "Nondum" or "not-yet" time, after Jesus's death but before his Resurrection? For his first followers there was no certainty of what was to come. Surely, this silent Saturday is a part of Jesus's gift to us, too, right along with Friday and Sunday? I'll talk a little about that, read a poem, Taylor Leonhardt will share an original poem and her song "Lights gone out", and Brian Brown will close us in prayer. Join us again tomorrow on "One Thousand Words".
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2020-04-1214 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Good FridayThis is Crucifixion Day, Good Friday. This is a hard day, because Jesus’s brutalized face, faces us with the truth about ourselves - asking us to face him with our true faces, and discover an unexpected new life is possible in Him. Amy Lee will share "The Blood-bought gift of loneliness", I'll sing a song, and Brian Brown will read T.S. Eliot's "East Coker IV" and close us in prayer. Join us every day this week on "One Thousand Words".
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2020-04-1121 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Maundy ThursdayIt's Maundy Thursday. "Maundy" means mandate or command, and this is the day Jesus washes his disciples' feet and mandates that they love as he has loved them. The Last Supper takes place today, after which Jesus prays at Gethsemane in anguish as his disciples fall asleep. Then he is betrayed with a kiss and arrested. Tonight, Chris Slaten (Son of Laughter) will sing for us, we'll hear from Amy Baik Lee who will also read a G.M. Hopkins poem, I'll sing a song, and Brian Brown will close us in prayer. Join us every night this week.
2020-04-1019 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Wednesday, Mary does a beautiful thingOn this Wednesday of Holy Week, I wonder how lonely Jesus felt? No one really gets what he's doing. But then Mary breaks the jar of costly perfume. She gets it somehow, and is promptly attacked by the others for her "foolishness". Today, we'll look at Mary's beautiful act, Taylor Leonhardt will sing a Mission House song, my friend Grace Andrews will read George Herbert, and Brian Brown will close us in prayer. Join us every night this week on "One Thousand Words".
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2020-04-0917 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Tuesday, Remembering AbrahamOn this Tuesday of Holy Week, I'm trying something different. I'm sharing a fictional imagining of Jesus as he camps outside Jerusalem, remembering the promises made to Abraham so long ago and how they are about to be fulfilled, finally in himself. I'll also share a song, Malcolm Guite will read a sonnet, and Brian Brown will close us in prayer. Join us every day this week as we walk our story together with Jesus.
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2020-04-0822 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Monday, Cleansing the TempleThis Monday of Holy Week, we continue walking with Jesus to the cross. So far he's wept over Jerusalem, entered to short-lived praise, and now he makes his way to the City's broken heart, the Temple. I'll share a reflection and a song, Malcolm Guite will recite a sonnet, and Brian Brown of The Anselm Society will close us in prayer. Join us every day this week.
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2020-04-0716 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayHoly Week: Palm SundayThis is Palm Sunday. Our Story begins today with Jesus, having resolutely turned his face toward Jerusalem, entering that City to shouts of praise that he knows will quickly change to shouts of condemnation. But He knows exactly what he is doing; he has come to die. I'll read a passage from Frederick Buechner and sing a song, Malcolm Guite will read one of his sonnets, and Brian Brown will pray from the Book of Common Prayer to close.
Join me and my friends every evening this week for this special Holy Week series.
The...
2020-04-0616 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayWhatever is LovelyHow do we learn to identify and desire goodness? What's something you love, and who taught to you love it? This week, I'm remembering my Grandmother Mal - her storytelling, her laughter, the things she taught me to notice and love. I'm giving thanks. On the other hand, I've also learned to love many things that aren't, in reality, good, and so I'm joining in an old prayer that the Lord would turn my affections towards reality in Christ.
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2020-03-3117 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayThe Cloud of Witnesses, Rachel MosleyGuest essayist Rachel Mosley shares about time with her family, facing death, crawfish boils, and finding oneself at a table set in love by those who've come before. And we'll close with a poem by contemporary African American poet Jacqueline Woodson called "lessons".
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2020-03-2413 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayNeed is a GiftWhen our fragility becomes uncomfortably apparent, what rises to the surface? Fear and anxiety certainly do, and for good reasons. But also, in times of weakness and need, a kind of tenderness rises that teaches us to move out of ourselves towards others in care. This week, I'm sharing an essay I wrote last Fall, and poet and fellow-podcaster Susan Mulder (susanmulder.com) reads her poem "What if?" for our closing benediction.
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2020-03-1616 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayBeing a Beginner AgainI like feeling and appearing competent, having the know-how, looking like I know what I'm doing. But holding too tightly to those things, or expected them to generate real life often keeps me from trying new things and trusting in God's care for the childlike. This week, I'm experimenting with a fictional imagining of how Nicodemus may have felt as he wrestled with becoming a child of God.
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2020-03-0914 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayTresta Payne: Patronage - Making good art possibleBeing a Patron is so much more than being a customer; it is partnering as a family member with God and our brothers and sisters in Christ to bring good things into the world. This week, guest essayist Tresta Payne, shares her passion for arts patronage as a way of being in ministry, along with some practical suggestions and a prayer that we would both "make good art, and make good art possible."
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2020-03-0215 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayStory and Song - "Kumalo" LiveSongs can really be little welcoming habitats where souls gather to make contact with each other, themselves, and the Lord. This week, I'm sharing a live recording from a house concert last November of both the song and the story behind "Kumalo" from my album "Beautiful Secret Life". The video that goes with this will premier on my YouTube channel tonight at 7pm Central.
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2020-02-2415 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayGet back on the roadHenri Nouwen said, "Keep returning to the road to freedom." That little phrase has been a big help to me the times I've run off the road and felt like giving up and making my home in the ditch. Failure, rebellion, and sin are "empirically verifiable" realities, and this week I want to spend a little time remembering the even bigger reality of Jesus's wild and tender welcome toward us.
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2020-02-1715 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayErin Turner, The Scholar's Call: Sharing the TreasureA very special welcome to my friend Erin Turner, our guest host this week! In a world of commodification and utility, it's easy to lose our humanity. Erin will be talking about how she's come to discover the riches of being called to a kind of work than can feel 'unuseful', and she'll share with us some of the treasures of a George Herbert poem, "The Forerunners".
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2020-02-1014 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayThe DaffodilsI visited my parents last week, and spent a good bit of time out at our farm. So, this week, I'll share some reflections on place, memory, planting and hope. When you talk about that stuff you have to end with a Wendell Berry poem, so we shall.
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2020-02-0416 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayActual or Simulated Atonement?There are so many ways we, as hurting humans, try to put the broken pieces of life back together, but we never can quite pull it off. Still, even though our ways of coping don't ultimately work, maybe they are our best effort at simulating the healing that Jesus's work on the cross supplies in reality? This is an idea that fascinates me, and this week, I'll feel my way around it some.
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2020-01-2717 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayYou belong in this Story"Story" has been a buzzword the last few years, maybe, in part, because our sense of being in God's story has been lost and we're looking for a way to contextualize our lives meaningfully. This week, I'll be thinking about the stories we believe, as well as, how, as humans, we are called to be storytellers/artists, and co-storytellers with God. I'll close with a favorite passage from good ole G.K. Chesterton for good measure.
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2020-01-2015 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayAnxiety and Sharing in Christ's SufferingsLewis said anxiety is an affliction and a way to feel with Jesus his pain, not a sin. This week, I'm thinking a little about that idea, and closing the episode with a reading of and Oliver Wendell Holmes hymn "O Love Divine, that stooped to share."
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2020-01-1514 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayGood WordsWelcome to Season Two! This week we'll look at how good words help us participate more truly in reality. And I'm very happy to have Poet/Priest Malcolm Guite close this episode with a reading of his poem "Spell" from his book "The Singing Bowl".
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2020-01-0615 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 15. Alix Walker, Thomas Dakin GinHello and welcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. Today we’re talking to Alix Walker, the Global Ambassador for Thomas Dakin gin and all-round expert on everything gin!
Thomas Dakin Gin is a modern gin with an old-fashioned twist, created to reflect the long and storied history of Manchester gin grandee Thomas Dakin. Deeply rooted in Manchester, we talk to Alix about the connection with the city and the history of this small batch gin of unmistakable character.
2020-01-0329 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E23 – Being Beautifully Unuseful to GodWendell Berry says that every day we should "do something that won’t compute". In this episode, I'll talk about how certain practices help us keep a hold on what Josef Pieper calls "true riches" in a world that tends to reduce life to mere utility, valuing only usefulness, and I'll end by reading a Wendell Berry poem.
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2019-07-2219 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E22 – Making Envy ScarceThis week, I'll explore how envy teaches me to fear, keeps me from growing, and makes wonder impossible. And I'll talk about a hopeful alternative. Then, I'll close with a One Thousand Words exclusive performance of an original song.
You can find the text from this podcast here: https://www.matthewclark.net/s1e22-making-envy-scarce/
Learn more about hosting a house concert here: www.matthewclark.net/houseconcerts
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2019-07-1518 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E21 – What is a house concert for?After a June break, here's a new episode about my favorite habitat for sharing songs and stories - the house concert. I'll talk about what this special kind of concert means to me, and close by sharing a new poem.
Relevant links this week:
www.matthewclark.net/houseconcerts
www.matthewclark.net/onethousandwords
www.thecultivatingproject.com
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2019-07-1017 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E20 – At The Table With FriendsMy friends Abbye and Jeff were in town this weekend, and I was reminded of what a deep gift friendship is. This week, I'll explore how friends ignite our own hearts, how being made in the image of a triune God gives a family-shape to our destiny, and, obviously, a bit about... horcruxes? Yeah.
Show notes and links on the homepage: www.matthewclark.net/onethousandwords
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2019-05-2017 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E19 – Connecting FlightsI got stuck in the Houston airport for several days last week during bad weather, and I had a chance to cross paths with some strangers and hear a few stories.
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2019-05-1414 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E18 – The Costly Craft of Paying Attention, Pt. 2"We only know who we are when we find ourselves caught in the loving gaze of another person." In part 2 of last week's episode, we'll explore what it means to pay attention and discover that someone has been lovingly paying attention to us. This is how we find that we are surrounded by a Story and invited to join in its telling.
Ep. 18 is part two of a talk given by Matthew Clark at Cofferstowe 2016 called, “The Costly Craft of Paying Attention”.
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2019-05-0626 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E17 – The Costly Craft of Paying Attention, Pt. 1"Listening evokes stories" says epistemologist Esther Lightcap Meek, and the common call as God's image-bearers might be to become attentive, if we are to dwell deeply in a Great Story, which is critical to becoming storytellers ourselves.
Ep. 17 is part one of a talk Matthew Clark at Cofferstowe 2016 called, "The Costly Craft of Paying Attention".
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2019-04-2926 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E16 – The Conquering Power of MercyToday, and Old Testament story from Elisha the Prophet got me thinking about the strangeness of Easter and last week's mercifully baffling story of Jesus walking to the cross. I'll also share a new single called "Meet Me Here" that I recorded and released this Easter.
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2019-04-2218 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E15 – Quieting The Magic Words – Listening For The TuneI talk to myself when I'm alone (and I bet you do too)! I'm a verbal processor, and this week I'm sharing an imagined conversation about "Magic Words" and learning to live in the story God is telling.
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2019-04-0816 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E14 – Listen to the BirdsongI sing like a bird about birds singing on this week's episode. I'll tell the story behind an original song called "Come True" and share an live-in-studio recording. The song is from the album "Beautiful Secret Life (Bonus Songs)", available on my website (www.matthewclark.net) and all online platforms.
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2019-04-0214 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E13 – Christa Wells, “Imagination: Seeing the Far Side of the Mountain”, Pt. 2Here's the second half of Christa Wells' talk on Imagination from Cofferstowe 2016. Visit www.cofferstowe.com to learn more and register for Cofferstowe 2019 this June 14-17 in Cincinnati, OH!
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2019-03-2627 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E12 – Christa Wells, “Imagination: Seeing the Far Side of the Mountain”, Pt. 1Singer/Songwriter Christa Wells is featured this week sharing part one of a talk she gave at Cofferstowe 2016 called, "Imagination: Seeing the Far Side of the Mountain". Cofferstowe 2019 is coming this June. Visit cofferstowe.com for more information and to register.
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2019-03-1826 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E11 – Joyful obedience? What am I missing?This week my brother Sam suggested I write about joy and obedience - a word-pairing that seemed strange me for a long time, and registration is open for the Cofferstowe Art & Faith retreat at cofferstowe.com!
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2019-03-1314 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E10 – A Smoldering WickThis week, on Episode 10, I'll share about a hard and normal part of everyone's life and creative process, hopefully light a little votive candle in some way, and close with a poem about remembering that we're not alone.
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2019-03-0512 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E9 – Etymology Episode: “diabolical”Episode 9 is my first "Etymology Episode"! This week, I'll talk about being a sixth grader, we'll look at the word "diabolical" and its surprising opposite, and, as a closing prayer, I'll share a draft of a poem I'm working on.
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2019-02-2616 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E8 – What IS a Cofferstowe anyway?So what IS a Cofferstowe anyway? So glad you asked... this week's episode features an essay about the heart behind this "Creative Kingdom" retreat coming up this June, and closes with a few words from one of our featured speakers Lanier Ivester.
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2019-02-1916 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E7 – Homesick at HomeIn Episode 7, writer, poet, and fellow G.K. Chesterton nerd Amelia Friedline shares an essay on the holy ache of homesickness, and I'll close by reading a couple of Amelia's poems as a benediction. As always, visit the podcast website (matthewclark.net/onethousandwords) for the essay text, to comment, and for links to more info.
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2019-02-1115 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E6 – An Abandoned PianoOn Episode 6, I'll recount a conversation from a hotel shuttle that took place just before I arrived at Bruce Herman, Malcolm Guite, and JAC Redford's "Ordinary Saints" exhibit at Laity Lodge, and we'll hear Malcolm Guite share a snippet of poetry to close.
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2019-02-0415 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E5 – The Shy Deer and The FenceHere, in the fifth episode, I'll share an essay about learning to see and we'll hear a George Macdonald quote.
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2019-01-2814 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E4 – The Speeding River Of LightThis week, special guest Rachel Mosley shares the story of her Grandmother's passing, we'll hear original music from The Mosleys, and close with Jane Kenyon's poem "Let Evening Come".
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2019-01-2315 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E3 – Come Thou FountThis week we'll walk through the old hymn "Come, Thou Fount", explore the etymology of "inoculate", and end with a live in-studio recording.
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2019-01-1518 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E2 – Fifty-Four FrogsThe post S1:E2 – Fifty-Four Frogs appeared first on Matthew Clark.
2019-01-0716 minOne Thousand Words - Stories On The WayS1:E1 – Stories On The WayThe post S1:E1 – Stories On The Way appeared first on Matthew Clark.
2018-12-3115 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 14. Alejandro Van Lieshout, Casa RojoHello and welcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. Today we’re talking to Alejandro Van Lieshout, Export Manager at Casa Rojo.
Casa Rojo is a team of people with varied backgrounds and specialties that have come together to create nine wines in nine denominations of origin of Spain, each produced in their own style.
2018-05-1818 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 13. Davide Champion, Sella & MoscaHello and welcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. Today we’re talking to Davide Champion, Sales Manager at Sella & Mosca winery, based in Sardinia the team at Sella and Mosca produce wines with an unmistakable personality and have done for over a century.
Sella & Mosca is known as Sardinia's leading wine producer. It is renowned for premium wines made exclusively from estate-grown grapes of native varieties such as Vermentino, Torbato and Cannonau. Alongside protecting these indigenous varieties the winery has successfully pioneered the introduction of international grape varieties such as Ca...
2018-04-3024 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 12. James Downes, Shannon VineyardsWelcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. Today we’re talking to James Downes, owner and vineyard manager at Shannon Vineyards, situated in the beautiful Elgin Valley.
Shannon Vineyards is situated in the Elgin Valley within the Kogelberg Biosphere with mountains on our western boundary and the Peninsula Dam forming the eastern boundary. The Elgin Valley which has long been regarded as the apple and pear centre of South Africa, now has some of the country's most highly regarded winemakers establishing vineyards in the area, testament to its obvious winemaking potential.
2018-04-2319 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 11. Gerhard Swart, FlagstoneWelcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. Today we’re talking to Gerhard Swart at South Africa's Flagstone winery.
The Flagstone philosophy is that ‘Wine should do a small, simple thing: it should add joy to life'. Formerly headed by influential winemaker Bruce Jack, today Gerhard brings his own deep love of wine and quest for simplicity to craft quality and a distinctive character in Flagstone Wines.
2018-04-0427 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 10. Alan Mahon, BrewgooderWe've swapped wine for beer on this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, to put some focus on the upcoming World Water Day. We’re chatting to Alan Mahon, founder of Scottish craft beer label Brewgooder which is on a mission to give 1,000,000 people access to clean drinking water.
Launched in early 2016, Brewgooder donates 100% of its profits to clean water projects around the world. Founded by Alan and Josh Littlejohn MBE both of which were and are involved in Social Bite a movement to end homelessness in Scotland, the business runs on a simple message of drink beer, give water.
2018-03-0732 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 9. Martin Moore, Durbanville HillsHello and welcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. Today we’re talking to Martin Moore, Cellarmaster at the Durbanville Hills winery situated 20 minutes from Cape Town’s city centre, with spectacular views of Table Mountain and Table Bay.
Founded in the late 1990’s, Durbanville Hills Wines has wasted no time in establishing one of South Africa's leading wineries. The Durbanville Hills region is the second oldest wine region in South Africa. We talk to Martin about his career, his approach to winemaking and the wonderful wines he crafts.
2018-02-2627 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 8. Andrea Freeborough, NederburgHello and welcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. Today we’re talking to Andrea Freeborough, Cellarmaster here at Nederburg, a historic South African winery. Founded in 1791, Nederburg is South Africa’s most decorated name in wine. In 2016, Nederburg won the International Wine & Spirit Competition South African Wine Producer of the Year trophy, the second time in four years.
We talk to Andrea about life on the Western Cape and how she got involved in winemaking. We discuss the ranges of Nederburg wines that includes the Heritage Heroes range of wines, indi...
2018-01-1222 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 7. Joe Fattorini, The Wine ShowWelcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. In this episode, we’re talking to Joe Fattorini, IWC Personality of the Year and IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year. Wine expert, writer and one of the stars of TV’s The Wine Show, Joe actually has a previous life working for Matthew Clark.
Joe gives us the latest on series 2 of The Wine Show, lets us in on his favourite moments from filming and tells us how he got involved with the show. We also investigate the keys to good wine communication as J...
2017-12-1436 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 6. Alastair Rimmer, Kleine ZalzeWelcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. In this episode, it's Alastair Rimmer, the winemaker at South Africa's Kleine Zalze.
Kleine Zalze’s are known for their award-winning wines filled with a distinctly South African character, boasting lively, full-bodied flavours that reflect the local climate and terroir.
Based in the iconic Stellenbosch region, the wines of Kleine Zalze are produced by a dedicated team including today's guest, Alastair. Alastair has had a long career in wine and has worked in many of the worlds key regions.
We chat to Alastair about St...
2017-11-2920 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 5. David Bicknell, Oakridge WinesWelcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. In this episode, it's David Bicknell of Australia's Oakridge Wines.
Founded in 1978, Oakridge are an award-winning and internationally renowned winery that pioneered wine growing in the upper Yarra Valley region. Chief Winemaker David Bicknell, has received one of the Australian wine industry’s most prestigious awards; the Gourmet Traveller Wine (GTW) Winemaker of the Year 2017, so when we had the opportunity to chat with him in London we jumped at it.
We chat to David about the Yarra Valley, the philosophy at Oakridge, the se...
2017-11-1524 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 4. Lucy Clements, Accolade WinesWelcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. In this episode, it's Lucy Clements of industry titans Accolade Wines.
Lucy Clements has had a long and varied history in the wine industry covering making Champagne with Taittinger, English Sparkling at Chapel Down and buying for Britains biggest supermarkets. Now she's returned home, heading up the commercial winemaking at Accolade Wines covering some of the industries most well-known wines such as Hardy's.
We chat to Lucy about her past, how that has shaped the wines she now produces for the UK market as...
2017-10-3026 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 3. Nuno Cabral, Quinta dos MurçasWelcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. In this episode, it's Nuno Cabral of Esporao wines, Quinta dos Murças.
Nuno Cabral has been with Esporao wines for a little while and is now embarking on their latest project, developing the historic vineyards of Quinta dos Murças in the Duoro. The vineyards are planted on schistous soils in the sub-region of Cima Corgo, in the cooler part of the Douro. They are planted, so as to harvest the maximum amount of sunlight; essential to fully ripen the grapes. Some are fa...
2017-10-1716 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 2. Hugh Crichton, Vidal Estate WinesWelcome to this Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. In this episode, it's Hugh Crichton, Winemaker of Vidal Estate Wines from the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand.
Hugh Crichton became the Vidal Estate winemaker in 2006, having worked with the Vidal Estate winemaking team in various capacities since 2004. Prior to joining Vidal Estate, Hugh had established a solid winemaking career both in New Zealand and overseas, working vintages at Chateau Soutard Grande Cru Classe in Saint Emilion France, Chard Farm in Central Otago, Donnafugata in Italy and several at Millton Vineyards in Gisborne...
2017-10-0217 min
Matthew Clark InterviewsEpisode 1. Meaghan Frank, Dr Konstantin WinesWelcome to the first Matthew Clark Interviews podcast, where we sit down with the industries key figures. In this episode it's Meaghan Frank, General Manager of Dr. Konstantin Frank Wines from the famed Finger Lakes region of New York State. It’s the American home of Riesling production, by 2012 the US had the world’s second biggest area of Riesling vineyards after Germany.
Dr Konstantin Frank revolutionised wine growing in Finger Lakes after arriving in the US in 1951. He was a professor of plant sciences and had brought with him a vision that would elevate wine growing in the region. A de...
2017-09-1527 min