Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Here are a few pictures from St. Peter's and the Vatican Museum, especially the Raphael Rooms, on our trip to Rome in February.St. Peter's St. Luke very high up in the central cupola -- taxing my pont-n-shoot's capabilities.The guilded interior of … [Continue reading]
Uppsala cathedral ceilingIs the lady in grey real?Some pictures from the greenhouse in Gothenburg Botanical garden.A pitcher plant or the genus Sarracenia (sometimes called the cobra plant)Sundew (another carnivorous plant)Huge pitcher of the … [Continue reading]
Ragged courgette plants may produce one last harvestHouttuynia (a variegated herb)Pigeon's nest exposed by the falling grape leavesOne last yellow BuddleiaPepper plant to be brought into the conservatoryParsley flower/seed headDuck drying offA last … [Continue reading]
Oh, no single piece of our mental world is to be hermetically sealed off from the rest, and there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: 'Mine!' … [Continue reading]
Image Credit In an extraordinary passage in Exodus, after the Israelites have fashioned a golden calf, God tells Moses, (Ex. 33:1) “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath … [Continue reading]
Have you ever been in the wrong place at the right time? A place of loneliness with few real friends? A place of barrenness without energy to express the thoughts welling up within you? A place of sterility which yielded no inspiration or support … [Continue reading]
These are the best read Christian authors in the world today: Francis Chan, David Platt, Ann Voskamp, Randy Alcorn, Lysa TerKeurst Here are the top 5 Christian bloggers in the world : Justin Taylor, Trevin Wax, the Resurgence, Desiring God, Tim … [Continue reading]
Image Credit Do you want a simple guide to freshen and declutter your house? Here it is from the Pre-Raphaelite, William Morris: If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do … [Continue reading]