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Even Better than the Alps… Thoughts on Returning Home

Anita Mathias — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:16:33 +0000

At Lake Konigsee, Bavaria (More pictures at the end of this post) So I’m just back from a thoroughly refreshing summer holiday, hiking in the Bavarian Alps. On the boat trip to Konigsee, a very formal bugler played his horn, and the craggy mountains echoed the tune. It was a magical moment. We hiked all […]

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On The One True Diet and The One True Faith

Anita Mathias — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:50:16 +0000

I started gaining weight around puberty, at a time when, annoyingly, I stopping gaining height. Every few years, I’d step on the scales, and go, “OMG! Must do something.” And so I tried Weight Watchers, but counting calories made me feel a bit crazy. I tried faith-based diets, which don’t work too well on your […]

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On Planting Secret Seeds for the Kingdom and for the Love of Jesus. And on a Role Model of Christian Leadership

Anita Mathias — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:25:56 +0000

I am fascinated by the Moravians founded by the reformer Jan Huss, remarkable for their 24/7 prayer which led to a worldwide burst of missionary activity, remarkable for sacrificial exploits like selling themselves into slavery to be able to credibly preach the Gospel to slaves. Comenius, a Moravian Bishop (selected by Life magazine as one […]

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Why I have Decided to Follow Jesus

Anita Mathias — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:16:22 +0000

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. (Matthew 4 18-20) “Come follow me, […]

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In which his Name is Gentleness

Anita Mathias — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 21:46:31 +0000

This was prophesied of Christ by the Prophet Isaiah: He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smouldering wick he will not snuff out, Are you feeling bruised today? He will not break you. Is your […]

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In which Jesus Promises Rest to the Meek

Anita Mathias — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:39:36 +0000

I like Jesus’ great invitation at the end of Matthew 11:“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden […]

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My Train Wreck into Grace

Anita Mathias — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:19:06 +0000

Sometimes, when my tongue runs away with me, and I use my words to express anger rather than bestow grace, and those words steal life and strength and peace rather than lavish them, I see the red flag of Jesus, and am stopped dead in my tracks. But sometimes, I don’t stop, and don’t listen […]

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If Christianity were an Untrue Myth: Would “a Christian Life” still be beautiful?

Anita Mathias — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:01:00 +0000

When I was teaching myself French, using BBC videos, I heard a French monk sum up his life of silence, community, service, work in the sun, prayer, discipline, regularity, simple eating, simple living, no private possessions, saying, “It’s a beautiful life in itself.” I last read John Piper’s Desiring God when Irene was a baby, […]

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Do not forget that when we weep, the Lord weeps with us

Anita Mathias — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:21:00 +0000

Image Credit (Revised, updated, July 21, 2013) In a memorable scene in John Wimber’s biography, The Way it Was, a “prophetess” comes to him, saying she has a word for him from God.She sits and weeps wordlessly. After about ten minutes of this, Wimber, who has a sermon to prepare, gets irritated, and asks her […]

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What Kind of Blog would Jesus have Written?

Anita Mathias — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:35:00 +0000

A few words Jesus wrote Well, if Jesus were a blogger, rather than an itinerant preacher, what kind of blog would he have? 1) It would be unique. It’s recorded that people were amazed at his words. No man ever spoke the way this man does (John 7:46). Oh great. That’s a tall order. And how do […]

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