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On Not Wasting a Desert Experience

Anita Mathias — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 14:44:20 +0000

So, after Paul the Apostle’s lightning bolt encounter with the Risen Christ on the road to Damascus, he went into the desert, he tells us… And there, he received revelation, visions, and had divine encounters. There he pondered on the simple teachings of Jesus in the context of the logic and story of the Old […]

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The Spiritual Practice of Bible-Walking

Anita Mathias — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 18:09:46 +0000

A neglected corner of my garden I have loved the Bible for most of my life. When I skip time at play in the fields of the Lord, skip time with the Bible—that fresh, startling way of viewing reality—for even a week, I miss it. My life feels a bit flat and wearisome. I knew […]

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On Liturgy (which I Dislike)

Anita Mathias — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:20:11 +0000

I was interested to hear the leader on my silent retreat say that different approaches to prayer or the spiritual life are like food. Different people like different things. Such a simple way of expressing a new thought for me. (I had a mental gradation of superior and less-evolved spiritual practices.) * * * I intensely […]

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When We are Caterpillars in a Ring of Fire, and Need Rescue from Above

Anita Mathias — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 22:01:22 +0000

Image Credit I read a striking essay this week. Two women counsellors listened to my story. I was prayed for very gently. I was encouraged to forgive all the people I felt had done me real or imaginary hurts throughout my life. It took a long time. Eventually, I came to the last thing, and […]

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2013 Hopes, Goals and Dreams

Anita Mathias — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:36:09 +0000

I. WRITING 1. Complete “I Lift up my Eyes to the Hills,” a memoir of an Indian Childhood Strategy—Start with 30 minutes on Jan 1st, increase time by 5 minutes a day until I am writing 1000 good words a day. (Should take 2-4 hours a day). Work six days a week. 2. Blog Though the Bible […]

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Ash Wednesday by T.S. Eliot. “There is not enough silence.”

Anita Mathias — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:51:00 +0000

restoring Through a bright cloud of tears, the years, restoringWith a new verse the ancient rhyme. RedeemThe time. Redeem And the light shone in darkness andAgainst the Word the unstilled world still whirledAbout the centre of the silent Word. O my people, what have I done unto thee? Where shall the word be found, where […]

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