This final episode of season three features Mimi Games, longtime parishioner of St. Matthew's and iconographer. Mimi shares her story of becoming an iconographer and how icons have brought her nearer to God both through worship and through her practice of icon writing and prayer.

You can check out some of Mimi's work here.

Folks mentioned in this episode:
Mark Czarnecki
Ksenia Patrovsky
Alexander Men
Prosopon School of Iconography

The penultimate episode of our Faith and Arts series features Hunter Taylor; painter, tree lover, and faithful parishioner of St. Matthew's. Hunter shares her captivation with nature, especially trees, and her journey as a painter and person of faith.

You can check out more of Hunter's work on her website: ahuntertaylor.com

Click here to view the images mentioned in this episode.

Other notable mentions in this episode:
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (4th ed.) by Betty Edwards

We continue our third season on Faith and Art with a conversation with woodworker Domenic Tiani who shares his story of discovering a love for woodworking, natural elements, and how his faith informs his craft.

Click here to view images of some of Domenic's pieces

We continue our third season on Faith and Art with a conversation with Artist, Baker, Songwriter and Parish Administrator Mary Rocap who shares her story of baking bread and her experience of connecting her art with faith.

You can purchase Mary's books Little Chicken Stories, More Little Chicken Stories, and Saving Time at the church office or on Lulu.com

You can also purchase Mary's albums at the church office or find them on Spotify and Apple Music.  

Many thanks to Mary for this interview and for contributing music for this week's episode.

We continue our third season on Faith and Art with a conversation with Poet Jerry Eidener who shares his passion for words, his experience of God and faith in the practice of seeing and responding poetically and shares some of his own work with us. 

Others mentioned in this episode:
Malcolm Guite
Mary Oliver
Mythopoeia by J.R.R. Tolkien
Anne Tyler
Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke

Many thanks to Jerry and to Mary Rocap for contributing music for this week's episode.

The first in a new season on Faith and Art. This week, Kim Powell interviews Holden Richards and he tells us about photography, his deep love of nature, and how his faith connects to his artistic practice. Holden also talks about his forthcoming book River Walk, a compilation of his photographs of the Eno River over the course of 12 years. You can see more of his work on his website darkroomprint.com. Many thanks to Holden and to Mary Rocap for contributing music for this week's episode.

Fr. Robert Fruehwirth joins the podcast again to discuss Acts 6 and the commissioning of the first deacons by the apostles. We talk about how the problems of the Church in this passage and the ministry of the deacons have much to say about the ministry of all the baptized today.

Amy interviews parishioner Edward Wright about his life and work, how his faith has developed through the years, and how he has experienced St. Matthew's.

The first in our series of interviews with parishioners, this week Amy interviews Jennifer Peak and she tells us a bit about her life and how she came to be a part of St. Matthew's. Jennifer also talks Amy about some aspects of the St. Matthew's community she has experienced the most and what life in the parish has meant to her. Jennifer emailed us after recording the episode and asked us to add the following note as an addendum to this conversation:

"There is one very important thing that I should have mentioned about  St. Matthew’s that I really appreciate.  That is the amazing music program that David organizes. I have always sung in choirs and the church music is very important to me. Then there is also Faith and the Arts, which is not something one would find in many churches."

Our thanks to Jennifer for leading off this great series of interviews! 

We continue our look into the community in the early Church of Acts. This week I'm joined by Father Robert and we discuss the story of Ananias and Sapphira, who lie to Peter about the amount of their money they are giving to the fledgling Church. We discuss why the call to honesty and truthfulness in the church community is so critical and why this story unfolds the way that it does. We also talk about what possibilities might open up for the Church today if we took on a posture of extreme truthfulness and charity within the community.