Comments on: Writing and Prayer ( Originally Published in the Christian Century, 2000) https://anitamathias.com/2012/08/20/writing-and-prayer/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/08/20/writing-and-prayer/#comment-18235 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:48:55 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/08/20/writing-and-prayer/#comment-18235 Apologies, LA. This was an essay that I published in The Christian Century which i shared here. I should have split it into 4 shorter posts. I normally aim for 800 words, but often go into 1000-1200 words.
I love to be able to write 500 word posts, but my mind seems to think in 800 word passages

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2012/08/20/writing-and-prayer/#comment-18234 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:02:38 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/08/20/writing-and-prayer/#comment-18234 It's the solitude that confounds me. I did well in my writing classes at university and was always encouraged to write. As is my daughter. She is more likely to become a writer as many are encouraging her to do. But I struggle with the quiet…the solitude…the stillness. The words in my head rarely fill that silence. And I struggle with reading as well, though I am a good reader, it took me fully 5 times to get through this long post. My mind wanders to all the dishes in the sink, the unwritten syllabi that are due Friday and the clothes that my kid is pulling out of the “dirty” pile because there is nothing clean left to wear :).

I'm so blessed that you do this…because it challenges me to confront the silence, the stillness, and to “know I am God”.

Blessings!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/08/20/writing-and-prayer/#comment-18233 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:33:18 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/08/20/writing-and-prayer/#comment-18233 Thank you, Susan, for your encouraging words!
Blessings, Anita

]]> By: Susan McKenzie https://anitamathias.com/2012/08/20/writing-and-prayer/#comment-18232 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:44:50 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/08/20/writing-and-prayer/#comment-18232 How could one but not want to love writing after reading this article! I especially love this part: “Writing a literary book feels like tunneling through the Himalayas with a spade. You work in the darkness with no surety that you’ll ever succeed, just wild hope. You just do it, and do it, and do it, and you probably do it best when you do it without hope of reward–for its own sake.”

I guess I feel it's okay to struggle, when I read encouraging words like this from you. I always enjoy reading your blog, Anita!

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