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Faithfully Creative
by Exploring the intersection of faith and creativity
Conversations with writers, musicians, and other artists on the connections between faith and creativity. mattbrough.substack.com
Episodes
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The Gifts of Belonging, Solitude, and Rest
The extending piece of being a person of welcome… offers a more substantial sense of belonging than if we were to only consume. - Sarah Westfall My humanity needs space for nothingness. It needs to become settled once again… so that sometime in the future again, I can exhale and give again.…
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Courage, Wonder, and Naming the Animals
“To live a creative life, we do have to make a choice to live in courage, to be willing to be vulnerable and to put ourselves out there.” In this episode Matt has a conversation with Stephen Roach. Stephen is host of the Makers and Mystics podcast and founder of The Breath and The Clay creative...
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Story and the Music of Resilience and Hope
"If we believe we're made in the image of God, a creator God, then that image in us is creative. It's a way of engaging with that divine spark." In this episode, Matt has a conversation with Shari Green. Shari writes fiction and poetry for children and young adults. Her latest book, SONG OF...
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Jazz, Preaching, and Creativity as Church
"The church doesn’t need to be full of professional artists to be creative. Creativity is about engaging our neighbourhoods with imagination and love." In this episode, Matt has a conversation with Dr. Mark Glanville. He currently works as the Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership at…
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Writing, Resistance, and Whole Self Creativity
“Creativity is a response to being loved. Whether through poetry, music, or even gardening, it’s how we express our connection to the sacred.”—Kaitlin Curtice In this episode, Matt has a conversation with Kaitlin Curtice. Kaitlin is an award-winning author, poet-storyteller, and public speaker.…
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Creativity, Wonder, and Play
In this episode, Matt talks with Laura Alary. Laura is the author of over 20 books (a few are on their way to publication). On her website, she claims to “write stories that make us bigger on the inside” and explains that “…means my books make you think. Wonder. Ask big questions. Maybe…
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Joy in Creating
In this inaugural episode of the newly minted Faithfully Creative Podcast, Matt has a conversation with Merideth Hite Estevez. She is a Juilliard-trained oboist, Doctor of Musical Arts, author, coach, and speaker who helps self-identified artists and the creatively curious recover the joy of...
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From Reluctantly to Faithfully Creative
Note: The personal essay below is most of this podcast episode. You may either listen or read. Your choice! As I’ve attempted to move toward a more regular pattern of writing, I’ve decided to change the name of this Substack newsletter and also change the name and essentially re-launch my…
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The Deep Well of Art, Music, and Community
This amazing conversation with Juno-award winning musician, Steve Bell, was the 9th episode of the Spirituality for Ordinary People Podcast. I felt like it was worth re-sharing, and have also included the original “show notes” below. You can also get a transcript by reading this post in the...
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Church, Listen to Women
There are certain Christian traditions that seem talk about how we need more “Bible-based teaching.” These same traditions that tend to indicate that they are elevating the Bible and take pride in “understanding the Bible literally” or, if they actually deign to admit that it is impossible to…
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Busy-ness and Contemplation
A podcast episode based on a written reflection first posted to the Noticing Delight Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mattbrough.substack.com
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The Narrative Arc of Scripture
Reading is interpreting. We know this more keenly than ever because we interpret all the time. You receive an email announcing that you have won a cruise. You read just a bit of it and already you have done your interpretation. It is spam or a scam. You delete it or send it to your Junk Mail...
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Imagination and Biblical Interpretation
You can listen to the version audio or read the full reflection (transcript) below: The fact that we hold this collection of books as sacred (or if you personally don’t, you may at least agree that there is deep ancient wisdom there), is enough to say that we may want to do our best to understand...
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Religious About the Incarnation - Christmas
The fifth in a 5-part series for Advent/Christmas 2022. He is born among us and is one of us. The incarnation. God with us and with intent, with imagination and creativity. Bearer of hope, and peace, and joy, and love. And so, we can be religious about the incarnation. As God came into the world...
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Religious About Love - Advent 4
The fourth in a 5-part series for Advent/Christmas 2022. The final advent theme is Love. Love is so central. It is at the core of who we are as human beings. We naturally love. Think of parents, children, grandchildren, wives, husbands, true friends. And our faith takes us further with love. Over...
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Religious About Joy - Advent 3
The third in a 5-part series for Advent/Christmas 2022. What if joy was something you could simply choose? We tend to think joy is something that happens to us. It isn’t in our control. We would love to feel joyful, but that is really hard to do day in and day out. Is it the same as just being...
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Religious About Peace - Advent 2
The second in a 5-part series for Advent 2022. Being religious about something is about devotion, it’s about commitment. It is about staying the course even when you don’t feel like it. We are compelled to stay with it. We’ve made it our religion, and ours is a religion of peace. War is rampant,...
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Religious About Hope - Advent 1
The first in a 5-part series for Advent/Christmas 2022. Getting religious about hope is not about being unrealistic or having some pie-in-the sky, everything will always be totally fine attitude. Religiously hoping means a full on acknowledgment of life in all its mess, brokenness, and still we...
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I hate the phrase ”catching people”
"From now on you will be catching people" - Jesus says this to his followers and it does not sound positive at all. Catching people? So, the job of people who follow Jesus is to go and "catch" others? Trap them? Trick them into something? I'm going to just say NO to all of that, but also say that...
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The Absurdity, Necessity, and Neurology of Contemplative Prayer with AJ Sherrill - Episode 114
Matt welcomes AJ Sherrill for a conversation around a book that has one of the most amazing sub-titles of all time! - Being With God: The Absurdity, Necessity, and Neurology of Contemplative Prayer. AJ is the Lead Pastor at St. Peter's Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and is an adjunct...
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God With Everyone - Be Still and Behold Part 10
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is Part Ten - God With Everyone For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit...
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Running Away From God’s Presence - Be Still and Behold Part9
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is Part Nine - Running Away From God's Presence For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit...
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God NOT in the Earthquake, Fire, or Storm - Be Still and Behold Part 8
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is Part Eight - God NOT in the Earthquake, Fire, or Storm For the printed liturgy and the original video series…
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God in the Temple 2 - Be Still and Behold Part7
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is Part Seven - God in the Temple part 2 For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit...
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God in the Temple 1 - Be Still and Behold Part 6
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is part Six - God in the Temple part 1 For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit...
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God in the Tent - Be Still and Behold Part 5
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is part Five - God in the Tent For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit...
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God on the Mountain - Be Still and Behold Part4
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is part Four - God on the Mountain For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit...
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God in Pillars of Cloud and Fire - Be Still and Behold Part 3
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is part Three - God in Pillars of Cloud and Fire For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit...
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God in a Dream and a Wrestling Match - Be Still and Behold Part2
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is part One - God in a Dream and a Wrestling Match For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit...
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God in the Garden - Be Still and Behold Part 1
The Audio version of Prairie Presbyterian Church's Be Still and Behold series: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is part One - God in the Garden. For the printed liturgy and the original video series, visit...
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Be Still and Behold - Series Introduction
Matt Brough shares about a new series, Be Still and Behold: 10 Weeks Exploring God's Presence in the Hebrew Scriptures. Get an Overview of the series here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Seeking Justice Together with Terence Lester - Episode 103
Matt Brough welcomes Terence Lester to the podcast for a hopeful and inspiring conversation about justice. Terence is the founder of Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization and is the author of When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice...
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Indigenous Wisdom, Stories, and Justice with Mary Fontaine of Hummingbird Ministries - Episode 102
This episode features reflections and a conversation with Rev. Mary Fontaine. Executive director of Hummingbird Ministries, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and Indigenous Leader, Mary brings such wisdom as she reflect on her own work, the need for healing and listening…
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Incarnation, In-Person, and Technology When Necessary - Episode 101
As Jesus indwells the world so we too indwell the world. This might be an apt description of what is called "incarnational ministry." How might the incarnation be important for us as we reflect on being together in-person, and how might technology continue to play a vital role? (Maybe it always...
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Reclaiming Rest with Kate Rademacher - Episode 100
We made it to episode 100!! Whoohoo! And what better way to mark this milestone, and all the work that went into it, than with a conversation about resting. Matt Brough and Kate Rademacher talk about her latest book Reclaiming Rest: The Promise of Sabbath, Solitude, and Stillness in a Restless...
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Make a Move with Steph O'Brien - Episode 99
A lively conversation between Matt Brough and Steph O'Brien about how to "Make a Move." Often we have trouble making decisions and then even more trouble acting on them. Steph's latest book deals directly with this. On the big things and the small things, Steph provides sage wisdom for taking...
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Ascension, Pentecost, and the Growing Time with Laura Alary - Episode 98
In this Episode, Matt Brough and children's author, Laura Alary, have a conversation about the long season of "ordinary time" and how it can be understood as a time of growth. This interview is wide ranging, including how to talk to kids about the ascension of Jesus, and also how do adults…
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Becoming a Student of Joy - Episode 97
Has anyone else been having a hard time with joy? Maybe joy is something to fight for, something to learn to spot and well... enjoy. In this episode we discuss becoming a student of joy and talk about Disneyland, holding newborns, baptisms, the resurrection appearances of Jesus, and the…
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Relating to Others Who Are Different from You - A Liturgy for Life - Episode 96
Matt Brough and Jen Ostash-Gooch reflect on their experience walking through the practices for the fifth and final week of the "Liturgy for Life" resource. This week the focus is on the Others, especially those different from yourself. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...
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The Self - A Liturgy for Life - Episode 95
Matt Brough and Jen Ostash-Gooch reflect on their experience walking through the practices for the fourth week of the "A Liturgy for Life" resource. This week the focus is on the Self. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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Neighbourhood and Nation - A Liturgy for Life - Episode 94
Matt Brough and Jen Ostash-Gooch reflect on their experience walking through the practices for the third week of the "A Liturgy for Life" resource. This week the focus is on Neighbourhood and Nation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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Family, Ancestors, Descendants - A Liturgy for Life - Episode 93
Matt Brough and Jen Ostash-Gooch reflect on their experience walking through the practices for the second week of the "A Liturgy for Life" resource. This week the focus is on Family, Ancestors, and Descendants. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...
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Creation - A Liturgy for Life - Episode 92
Matt Brough and Jen Ostash-Gooch reflect on their experience walking through the practices for the first week of the "A Liturgy for Life" resource. This week the focus is on creation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
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Introducing Lent: Liturgy for Life - Episode 91
In this special episode of the podcast, Matt Brough and Jen Ostash-Gooch go over a new resource for Lent that they developed together and invite you to think through how you will mark lent, paying attention to your relationships with God, creation, your family, your neighbourhood, and yourself....
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Sitting With God in Centering Prayer - Episode 90 with Rich Lewis
Rich Lewis shares with Matt Brough about his latest book, Sitting with God: A Journey to Your True Self Through Centering Prayer. They discuss why this kind of prayer or any contemplative practice is so life-changing and how this particular practice might be a key one during challenging times.…
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Enneagram of Discernment - Episode 89 with Drew Moser
This episode features a wide ranging conversation about the enneagram between Drew Moser and your host, Matt Brough. Drew covers some of the basics but also goes deep, especially in the areas of how our distinctive personalities effect our decision making. Drew speaks about his work as helping...
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Meeting God in Loneliness - Episode 88 with Jason Gaboury
Loneliness is an epidemic, and is effecting young people and people of all ages in massive proportions. This may have only been heightened during the pandemic. In this conversation with Jason Gaboury, we consider whether we might be invited to wait and meet God in the midst of our loneliness and...
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Knowing Where God is Leading - Following the Red Bird | Episode 87 with Kate Rademacher
In this conversation Matt Brough and Kate Rademacher talk about not always knowing or seeing, but still following, the spiritual path laid out by God. She shares her story of being raised Unitarian Universalist, being influenced by Buddhism, and being baptized as an adult in the Episcopalian...
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Spiritual Restoration from Digital Distraction | Episode 86 with Ed Cyzewski
In this conversation, Matt Brough and Ed Cyzewski talk about some of the perils of technology on our spiritual life, from distraction to addiction. Are there ways to use technology that don't lead toward the more negative side? What do we need to understand about the psychology of apps and social...
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Online Spirituality, Online Church | Episode 85 with Andria Irwin
Andria Irwin is the online minister with Highlands United Church in North Vancouver. In this conversation with her we talk less about the "tools" of online ministry, and more about the Spirituality of what it means to do and be Church in an online space. This is a public episode. If you would…
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