Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
We were all fed up of work and responsibility this evening and went to play. We first walked about the Angela Palmer's Ghost Forest installation near the Pitt Rivers Museum, massive monolithic, eerily beautiful trunks of trees logged in rain … [Continue reading]
God is indeed just and his justice pervades all thingsI believe there is a deeper fairness, and a deeper justice which pervades things--because life on earth is, after all, God's story.Let's think of the story of Joseph. He was a victim of repeated … [Continue reading]
Philip PullmanWhat I would like most is a spare month. I feel bad about turning down interview requests and invitations from old friends. But I have got to say no, otherwise I would never write another book. “It’s like sailing an oil tanker and … [Continue reading]
Philip Pullman What I would like most is a spare month. I feel bad about turning down interview requests and invitations from old friends. But I have got to say no, otherwise I would never write another book. “It’s like sailing an oil tanker and … [Continue reading]
Surya Namaskar: A complete Yoga exercise, stretching almost every muscle My father took a yoga class in his late 50ies, and became absolutely obsessed with it. He continued practising until he was 89, when he died. He taught me this exercise, … [Continue reading]
I was pleased to discover that this blog is ranked #27 among UK literary blogs, and 47 among UK culture blogs. See list below.If you like, do check out my other blog, http://wanderingbetweentwoworlds.blogspot.com/ which is ranked #20 … [Continue reading]
Irene, 11, is totally awed by the power of prayer. She was totally addicted to her beloved iPod touch, listening to books on it, emailing, playing games, sleeping with a story playing, waking to its alarm. It was becoming her life. What I objected … [Continue reading]
The Gift of an English Country Idyll. I have thoroughly enjoyed the 5 years we have lived in the English countryside, in Garsington. One of my favourite novels (if it can be called a novel) Naipaul's "The Enigma of Arrival" deals with a similar … [Continue reading]