Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
There are old Bibles that are famous for their misprints. When Bibles were expensive, only one printing of the Bible was widespread at any given time, and its mistakes became celebrated. In 1823 when the Old … [Continue reading]
My father, who loved poetry, recited this passage of the Morte D'Arthur to me a few times and I have loved it ever since. And slowly answer'd Arthur from the barge: "The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils Himself in … [Continue reading]
Hat tip Mark Meynell … [Continue reading]
We were created to work out of a place of rest, Sally writes in a beautiful blog post. Indeed! These are increasingly red lights for me: Being over-tired, being stressed, over-working, being anxious, obsessing. Because you see, his yoke is … [Continue reading]
An older picture of our house on an Indian summer day. Except we now have a 30 sq. m conservatory in front of the white wall. It's a gorgeous Indian Summer in Oxford at the moment. I said to Roy, "The weather is so … [Continue reading]
Willa Cather famously said, "The God of Art demands human sacrifices." Well, if one sets excellence in an art or science or craft or business as the goal of one's life, then, yes, it will demand a human sacrifice--your very self. However, if you … [Continue reading]
Satan’s first attack on the human race was his sly effort to destroy Eve’s confidence in the kindness of God. Unfortunately for her and for us, he succeeded too well. From that day, men have had a false conception of God, and it is exactly this that … [Continue reading]
An interesting idea to explore. I came across that statement about 25 years ago in Richard Foster's classic, "Celebration of Discipline." As someone who always has lots of books and movies she wants to read and see, places she wants to travel to, … [Continue reading]