Lyt til Saint Matthew's Hillsborough Podcast

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. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RePPq4PH3hZdY_QZ4A8NZti6YM-76OCf/view?usp=sharing] 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 [http://www.ahuntertaylor.com] Click here to view the images mentioned in this episode. [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16diU916XiL_udTy00huZDoQrInhmAhrn?usp=sharing] 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 [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p1wK7Qgsifa5dqJsRBopBQksRWWsHI2W?usp=sharing]

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 [https://www.lulu.com/search?adult_audience_rating=00&contributor=Mary+Rocap&page=1&pageSize=10] 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 [https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com] Mary Oliver [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver] Mythopoeia by J.R.R. Tolkien [http://home.agh.edu.pl/~evermind/jrrtolkien/mythopoeia.htm] Anne Tyler [https://annetyler.com] Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke [http://www.homestar.org/bryannan/duino.html] Many thanks to Jerry and to Mary Rocap for contributing music for this week's episode.