Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Me and Jake, the Collie, yesterday, in our living room In 2 Corinthians 12, Paul tells us about a man, who received visions and revelations from the Lord, was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things and surpassingly great revelations. … [Continue reading]
Finishing well. It's perhaps the last and greatest art.I love Robertson McQuilkin's poem, pleading to go gentle in the good night, not raving against the light. It's sundown, Lord.The shadows of my life stretch backinto the dimness of the years long … [Continue reading]
David Cooke in Cookie’s Days, had this moving post. It’s time to lay down the blog for a while. Any blog that quotes Tim Keller as much as I do needs to watch its idolatry-o-meter as it tries to apply a lesson or two from Counterfeit Gods. You … [Continue reading]
Ann Voskamp found her life changed by trying to count 1000 things she was grateful for. Well, whose wouldn't be? Here's something I have been very grateful for. The evangelical church I currently attend, St. Andrew's, Oxford.About three and a half … [Continue reading]
I read this illuminating post in the Lifehacker blog.“There’s bound to be something going on in your life right now that’s worth quitting, and the commonly recited maxim that “quitters never win and winners never quit” notwithstanding, sometimes … [Continue reading]
This graph from GraphJam heightens my conviction that you can't really argue people into faith. It's like trying to argue people into a mystical experience!Graph from The Opinionated Vicar … [Continue reading]
I love the process of writing. Everything seems chaos. There are too many ideas, and they are unruly. And as you try to sort them out, even more new ideas appear.Then gradually, the flood of new ideas slows to a trickle. You have what you have, and … [Continue reading]
The difference between career and calling is revolutionary. A career is relentless: there is always more you can do, always people who are doing more, doing it better, there are random variables; it's always more, more, more to ascend the greasy pole … [Continue reading]