Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Every branch that does bear fruit, the gardener prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. John 15:2. Seems unfair, doesn’t it? In a contemporary interpretation of the Joseph story in Sun, Stand Still, Stephen Furtick refers … [Continue reading]
Granada, Spain where the hours are longer and sweeter Frederico Garcia Lorca on Granada, "The hours are longer and sweeter here than in any other Spanish town. Granada has any amount of good ideas. Only in such a town with its inertia and … [Continue reading]
Irene saunters into my bedroom where I am trying to have quiet time. I inform her of this fact. She wrinkles her nose. Well, she says, "Why don't you just discuss things with your heavenly daughter?" … [Continue reading]
I was musing aloud to Roy, clarifying my thoughts through the process of talking as many extroverts do, when, suddenly, he contradicted me. What? Contradicted the truest truth. "Don't contradict me before hearing me out, Roy," I said … [Continue reading]
In those Should-I/Should-I-Not dilemmas of life, a question I would often ask myself was, "Well, what will I gain--or not gain from this?" It's not a stupid, or even a selfish question, necessarily. We are responsible for the stewardship of our … [Continue reading]
Life in the Slow Lane No, not that's not my life, nor, most likely, will it ever be. Roy, my dear husband, has chosen life in the slow lane, having taken early retirement this summer, at the ripe old age of 47!! It's amazing! We just love … [Continue reading]
The Comfort of Good Men (and Women!) “It is true, indeed, that good men are seen to be the sources of no small comfort to others in this world. For if we be harassed by poverty, or saddened by bereavement, or disquieted by bodily pain, or pining … [Continue reading]
Today's Guardian Review of a novel which mesmerized me when I first read it to the exclusion of everything else. I must re-read it. Rereading: Doctor ZhivagoBoris Pasternak knew that Doctor Zhivago was explosive. But a new … [Continue reading]