Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
The spiritual value which runs though Scripture is not prosperity (though, in the Old Testament, those blessed by God are generally prosperous). It is shalom. Strong’s Concordance translates it as “wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety, … [Continue reading]
One of my favourite Oxford walks is by the Thames from Iffley Lock to Folly Bridge. As it gets warmer, the river is crowded with school and college rowers. And, on the banks, an obnoxious man with a bullhorn cycles beside the perspiring rowers, … [Continue reading]
Irene Mathias, aged 4 1 Seek Happiness George Mueller considered happiness the normal emotional state of the Christian. “I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was … [Continue reading]
Michaelangelo's rendering of Jeremiah I was fretting about my blog yesterday, because I haven’t been writing much. And I decided there and then, one of those “defining decisions” in Mark Batterson’s phase, that shape a life, that I would never … [Continue reading]
The longest distance in the world is the eighteen inches from the head to the heart. Until our personal revelation of the love of God, we limp as Christians, impelled by duty, not desire, not love. But we really, really change in the deep … [Continue reading]
So the disciples row for “three or three and a half miles.” (I love these charming details, John striving to remember accurately--and how they make it easier for us to believe in the truth of these memoirs of Jesus.) It’s dark; the wind is … [Continue reading]
I will “let nothing be wasted” (John 6:12). “Nothing, Lord?” “Nothing.” * * * Not the weary years, Not the silent tears, Not the loneliness Which caused that deep, echoing silence in which we could hear … [Continue reading]
I am excited to host this guest post by my friend, Jules Middleton, an ordinand in the Church of England. Anita has asked me to write about my experiences at Vicar School. I am an Ordinand (ie: hoping to end up as a Vicar in the CofE), … [Continue reading]