Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Drs. Kaaren and Jeph Mathias, with their children, Shar, Shanti, Rohan and JaloriDr. Kaaren MathiasDr. Kaaren Mathias is the Programme Manger for Public Health Training for Emmanuel Hospital Association, an umbrella organization for 22 mission … [Continue reading]
This deep and thought-provoking guest post was written by Luke Tarassenko, a doctoral student in theology at the University of Oxford, and, until recently, a youth worker at St. Aldate's Church, Oxford. Luke worked with Rolland and Heidi Baker's Iris … [Continue reading]
I guess it’s become the defining moment of a generation. Where were you? people ask today on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 I was in my bedroom, in Williamsburg, Virginia, in pjs, sipping tea, reading my Bible. Roy who was about to enter his classroom … [Continue reading]
I love “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” by Julia Ward Howe. It has a mysterious perfection: the rhythm, the evocative words, the allusions, the beautiful language create a loveliness greater than the sum of its parts.Mine eyes have seen the … [Continue reading]
This beautiful building celebrates the 16th century Oxford Martyrs, Cranmer, Ridley and Latimer. The Victorian Gothic building resembles the spire of a sunken cathedral, doesn’t it? At this spot, the English Reformers, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas … [Continue reading]
" There are many different reasons for the changes, upheavals, revolutions of history. One of the biggest reasons is the prayers of the followers of the Lamb. Things are not what they seem." Darrell Johnson's book on … [Continue reading]
Chris Rodkey uses the image of a rhizome (from Greek: rhízōma "mass of roots") the horizontal stem of a plant that is grows underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes as a visual description of the relationship between churches … [Continue reading]
Here's a wonderful story from Carol Wimber's book, "The Way it Was." "Right away the Jesus Songs started coming, like a stream of sweet water. I call them airport songs because God gave them to John on his way to or from the airport. "Isn't He?" … [Continue reading]