Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Mary of Nazareth by Clive Sansom It was like music: Hovering and floating there With the sound of lutes and timbrels In the night air. It was like waves, Beating upon the shore: Insistent with a rhythm, a pulsing Unfelt before. It was … [Continue reading]
Mary's Songby Luci ShawBlue homespun and the bend of my breastkeep warm this small hot naked starfallen to my arms. (Restyou who have had so far to come.)Now nearness satisfiesthe body of God sweetly. Quiet he lieswhose vigor hurled a universe. He … [Continue reading]
Brunnhilde in the Ring of Fire, Arthur Rackham The wonderful seventeenth century theologian, Philip Melanchton and Martin Luther and Philip Melanchton debate grace. Melanchton says grace is like one parent helping a wobbly toddler across the … [Continue reading]
I first went to America in 1987 as a graduate student in the Creative Writing Masters programme at Ohio State University. I supported myself by teaching a class in Freshman Composition (i.e. writing).Well, Macs were relatively new then, and looked … [Continue reading]
Image CreditContinuing my blogging through the Gospel of John35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they … [Continue reading]
I used to be a hyper, giggly, talkative girl in my late teens and early twenties, the proverbial "life and soul of the party." Beneath that persona, though, I was deeply serious. I remember returning to my room after parties, and sighing with relief. … [Continue reading]
Advent Calendar He will come like last leaf's fall. One night when the November wind has flayed the trees to the bone, and earth wakes choking on the mould, the soft shroud's folding. He will come like frost. One morning when the shrinking … [Continue reading]
A guest post by my husband, Roy Mathias Palacio de Generalife was the Nasrid rulers' summer palace. When asking for directions, do remember that the "G" is pronounced as an "H". Generalife is literally, "Architect's Garden". … [Continue reading]