Audiobooks by Matthew Clark

Only the Lover Sings: Meditations on the Woman at the Well in Story and Song

"'The day I saw you seeing me that was the first time I could see the truth that I was loved completely.' In Only the Lover Sings, book and album one of The Well Trilogy, the face to face encounter between Jesus and the woman at the well sets the stage for this series of songs and essays from an array of contributors. Only the Lover Sings explores the ways God is inviting every one of us to bravely turn towards Jesus and be surprised by the gladdening light welling up in his face–a meeting that overflows as a life of grateful song. What others are saying... Take up and read. Open and listen... Come and see. You may find your own dark ladder downward leading you out onto a surprising open plain of possibility and light. —Bruce Herman, painter, author of Makers by Nature: Letters from a Master Painter on Faith, Hope, and Art Matthew Clark joins the ranks of George Macdonald, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, and others who connect head with heart, reason with imagination, and scripture with hard-won experience. The result is both a feast and a fellowship. I love it. —Diana Pavlac Glyer, author of Bandersnatch: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings Matthew’s work has long been tender, unique, vulnerable, and heartening. But in this latest project, he’s collaborated with writers who thoughtfully interact with each main theme Matthew introduces. In these lonely, fragmented times, it’s hopeful and healing to encounter their chorus of gentle and honest reflection. —Rebecca Reynolds, author of Courage, Dear Heart: Letters to a Weary World Only the lover sings: only the one who dares to look you full-on in the face finds out the shocking good news."

Adam R. Nettesheim, Adam Whipple, Amy Baik Lee, Andrew Roycroft, Heidi White, Jessie Todd, Junius Johnson, Lanier Ivester, Matthew Clark, Rex Bradshaw, Théa Rosenburg (Author), Matthew Clark (Narrator)

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A Tale of Two Trees: Meditations on Faith-Keeping in Story and Song

"'How can we sing the Lord's song by the rivers of Babylon?' In A Tale of Two Trees, book and album two of The Well Trilogy, we ask: When drought, exile, and confusion have left her parched, what choices will the Bride of Christ make to root herself in Jesus, take up her abandoned harp, and keep what seems like a foolish feast of faith in enemy territory? Will the the singers go silent? Or will they set their hearts on pilgrimage, finding that even the valley of weeping can become a place of springs? What others are saying... Matthew Clark narrates our daily choices to live into a ground system of small evils or to be grafted into a great Family Tree of Life. Neither will keep us from suffering, but in one we will be companioned. Will we listen to the wild song that beckons? —Julie Canlis, author of A Theology of the Ordinary A beautiful journey of song and story that enables us to feel lovingly found in the middle of things, and to know all will be well in the end by God’s grace. That’s good news that many of us need to hear today. — W. David O. Taylor, author of Open and Unafraid, and A Body of Praise This book is an invitation to the reader to embark on holy pilgrimage with a band of fellow travelers—to share conversation, tears, laughter, insights, and story, and to become friends along the way. Buoyed by a bright poignancy and full of gentle insight, A Tale of Two Trees will reward readers willing to travel the footpaths of these essays at a wondering, pondering pace. —Douglas Kaine McKelvey, author of Every Moment Holy, Volumes I, II, and III A tree is known by the fruit it bears, and every day we plant ourselves in one of these two family trees."

Amber Salladin, Anita K. Palmer, Benjamin Holsteen, Emily Verdoorn, Heidi White, Jason Smith, John Barnts, Jonathan Koefoed, Lancia E. Smith, Matthew Clark, Steven Elmore, Susan Cowger (Author), Matthew Clark (Narrator)

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Where the River Goes: Meditations on the Return of Jesus Christ in Story and Song

"'Oh, Lord, crush the stinging serpent who poisons all our joys.' In this collection of songs and essays, lament and love, sorrow and hope ring out even at the graveside, as God’s people ask how long until God’s dream for this world finally comes true? Until death, the last enemy, is entirely removed, and our long pilgrimage of faith finally brings us to the joy set before us—the face of Jesus? For God’s dream has not, in fact, died, and there truly is a love that shall outlast every death. What others are saying... Where the River Goes is the soul-nourishing finale of The Well Trilogy. If this book is read as its format suggests—letting each writer’s voice speak, listening to the songs as their lyrics appear—the attentive reader will find her understanding of Christ’s love being built out image by image and word by word until all threads converge in the epilogue, where the last line sings. —Amy Baik Lee, author of This Homeward Ache Where the River Goes is flush with ideas, experiences, and stories from writers drawn in by Matthew’s music and his remarkable artistic hospitality. —Pete Peterson, Publisher, Rabbit Room Press, Artistic Director, Rabbit Room Theatre Plumbing his own sorrow and dramatic encounter with God, Matthew Clark mixes media to weave an expansive, inclusive, artful tapestry of the Christian life. There is so, so much beauty here to comfort, heal and inspire the reader. Perhaps my favorite line (of many!): “God was always dreaming of a wedding.” —Esther Lightcap Meek, author of Doorway to Artistry and The Mother’s Smile There’s a mouth open wide in impossible song, singing, ‘Everything will live where the river goes.’"

Douglas Kaine McKelvey, Elisabeth Adams, Esther Moon, Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson, Leslie Bustard, Malcolm Guite, Matthew Clark, Micah Hawkinson, Ned Bustard, Nicole Howe, Rachel Mosley, Ruth Naomi Floyd, Steven A. Beebe (Author), Matthew Clark (Narrator)

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