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In which Imaginative Literature Stirs the Heart to Conversion (A Guest Post by Holly Ordway)

Anita Mathias — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:08:08 +0000

I am honoured to welcome Dr. Holly Ordway to my blog today. In which Imaginative Literature Stirs the Heart to Conversion How could a fierce atheist enter into Christian faith? There are many ways for God’s grace to work; my own story is one that highlights the importance of imaginative literature! When I was firmly […]

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What Children Know: What it Means to Truly Live (A Guest Post by Laura Boggess)

Anita Mathias — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:25:24 +0000

I am honoured and excited to be hosting Laura Boggess today. I am reading her exquisite book Playdates with God with much delight. Do yourself a favour and buy it too–today!! Playdates with God What Children Know: What it Means to Truly Live A few frail drops of rain fall and I sit at the […]

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Lucy Mills on her New Book, “Forgetful Heart,” and her Writing and Publishing Journey

Anita Mathias — Wed, 28 May 2014 11:21:34 +0000

Lucy Mills has just published her first book, Forgetful Heart: Remembering God in a Distracted World (Darton, Longman and Todd) available on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. I ask Lucy a few questions about her book What inspired your book? There was no ‘one thing’ – at least not that I can remember (!) I was aware of […]

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Amy Boucher Pye guest-posts on her writing process and her work in progress

Anita Mathias — Tue, 20 May 2014 07:50:55 +0000

Thank you to Anita for inviting me on the Monday blog tour. Pleasure to be dreaming beneath the spires with you, even if from a sunny garden in North London! So the game is to share what we’re working on, why we write, and how the process works. What I am working on I’m writing […]

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Carolyn Weber muses on her writing, her writing process, & works in progress (Monday Blog Hop)

Anita Mathias — Mon, 19 May 2014 08:49:10 +0000

I have been tagged by Anita Mathias to join the Monday Blog Hop, which involves a tour of UK/US writers. I am delighted and honoured at the invitation, and enjoyed myself in answering the questions she passed along. Often stopping to reflect on one’s work brings a respite of clarity – I should do […]

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On Training to be a Vicar in the Church of England (A Guest Post by Jules Middleton)

Anita Mathias — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 22:20:06 +0000

I am excited to host this guest post by my friend, Jules Middleton, an ordinand in the Church of England. Anita has asked me to write about my experiences at Vicar School. I am an Ordinand (ie: hoping to end up as a Vicar in the CofE), studying a 3 year part-time Foundation Degree in […]

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In which Sarah Bessey Writes a Guest Post: The Genesis of a Jesus Feminist

Anita Mathias — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:13:50 +0000

Jesus Feminist grew organically out of my life in Christ. As a writer and blogger, I love to write through my life to figure out what I think and believe and dream about God, as well as the Church, marriage, motherhood, community, global issues, all of it. So as I was writing through these intersections […]

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Why I Run: A Guest Post by Jennifer Luitwieler

Anita Mathias — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:17:47 +0000

Read on and be inspired by this guest post from Jennifer Luitwieler, pictured here running in the Pittsburgh Marathon If it is true that every act is sacred, then running is my most perfect sacred act. Sometimes, running is my sacrifice, where I haul all my insecurities, inhibitions, pains and frustrations to the altar and […]

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Why I live in a yurt, off the grid, on a mountain in Idaho. A guest post by Esther Emery

Anita Mathias — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 22:22:44 +0000

Do you know anybody who lives off the grid? Well, now you do. I do. I live in a yurt, which is a kind of a wonderful round tent, on three acres of wooded Idaho mountainside, with no power and no running water. Mine is a rich life, full of wild and beauty. It is […]

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When the Bible Makes You Want to Run Away… A Guest Post by Heather Caliri

Anita Mathias — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:19:29 +0000

This was going to be a pretty post about God singing back to us. Zephaniah 3:17 says: The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. I […]

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