Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
The world is charged with the grandeur of GodIt will flame out, like shining from shook foil;It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oilCrushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;And all is seared … [Continue reading]
And yes, it's high time I get someone in to trim the hedges!! … [Continue reading]
Well, I am slowly coming up for air after 17 days working on a project: sorting through 240 boxes, several thousand of books from a second-hand Amazon business I ran for a couple of years, deciding what to keep, and what to get rid of. Sadly, I … [Continue reading]
Simon Ponsonby’s Butcher Sermon(An archive post)Gustav CaillebotteSimon Ponsonby's Butcher SermonSunday 6th June, 2010Here was the text, James 3. 1Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be … [Continue reading]
Here are some interesting quotes from the book Grace and Forgiveness by John and Carol Arnott. I am mulling them over"Every negative thing and thought is always of the Enemy, and every positive, life-giving, up-lifting thought is always of the Holy … [Continue reading]
The Letter to the Ephesians opens with rapturous praise to God who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Who has lavished the riches of God’s grace on us. Reading it in a modern paraphrase like The Message or The New Living Bible … [Continue reading]
A friendly robin in the herb gardenSide view … [Continue reading]
“Lazarus is dead, and for your sake, I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe.” John 11 What? So you considered it worth it? That grief so shattering that we wished we too could just die. That emptiness, life robbed of its … [Continue reading]