My Podcast Interview with Matt Tommey

My interview with world-class sculptor, artist, author and mentor Matt Tommey of The Thriving Christian Artist is LIVE!

Matt is a good interviewer, and asked me all my favorite questions. So in this interview, I get to talk about how understanding the “righteousness of God” can put anyone “in their right mind”. Understanding righteousness as being the gift of God will connect you to your creativity like nothing else can.

What is “righteousness”? My layman’s definition is simply “to be made to be as I ought always to have been” as sheer gift. It is not a condition or state of being that I can attain, or earn, or deserve.

Sound intriguing? Below you will find the video version of this powerful message - one that I particularly carry for women “in the middle”.

If you are somewhere between the ages of 45 and 99, and have a deep yearning to freely be creative, yet are feeling the pressure of caring for aging parents while encountering your own health challenges, perhaps you are dealing with multiple losses, and/or difficult adult children, plus the responsibilities of your job. “The middle” is an indistinct period of time, but is discerned by its pain points.

This interview is my gift to you.

Well, mine and Matt Tommey’s gift to you. You can also get just the audio version by doing a quick search for “Matt Tommey/Thriving Christian Artist” wherever you get your podcasts.

A Little Bit About Me

I’ve built a spacious simple life. One that reaches for greatness by being small and rooted in place. In a culture obsessed with upleveling, change, chasing new experiences and having hashtag allthethings, I stand smiling and a little bit alone - alone, not aloof.

I definitely stand a little apart from all the cool influencers.

I do not fit in with Alpha Girl Gangs. Never have. It isn’t that I am unwilling to put myself out there. I am more than willing to do that - but not for the usual reasons.

I’m about staying put and paying attention.

I call this defiant way of life “loving what is mine”. Interestingly, the more I preach a rooted, making, artisan, Trinitarian, new covenant gospel, the more I’m asked to travel. And so I pack my bags with a few uncomplicated tools to fulfill a pure uncomplicated call to inspire women “in the middle”. I show up and I demonstrate what it looks like to be creative as a soul-tending practice.

I inspire women to make physical things in the physical world, and to do that either alone with a great glass of wine, or better yet, in the company of friends.

(all photos and videos in this post are by Elisa Trentham of Sherwood Media )