Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
As I was drifting off to sleep last night, I murmured, “I believe in the resurrection.” Roy, woken up, said, amused, “I am glad to hear it!” * * * I was thinking of this passage I had recently read in Diarmaid MacCulloch’s magisterial, A History … [Continue reading]
The Flight into Egypt and the Triumph of the Innocents (William Holman Hunt) As I read Matthew 2, I realise how much misery and hassle and stress Joseph and Mary and Jesus had to endure for no sin or mistake of their own—but purely because of their … [Continue reading]
And when God chose to become flesh and dwell among us, the angel wisely prefaces his glorious announcement, “You have found favour with God,” with “Do not be afraid.” You, a “virgin,” will bear a child. Do not be afraid. Oh, the looming scandal, … [Continue reading]
I moved to the Genesis framework on Wordpress in Sept. 2013, which obliging wiped out all my previous stats!! So I only have stats since September 15th, 2013. Since then, there are the most read posts on Dreaming Beneath the Spires. 1 The … [Continue reading]
Image credit I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.' And he replied, 'Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God That shall be to you better than … [Continue reading]
Image: Christ in glory in front of the Heavenly Jerusalem, (Mosaic, Burne-Jones, St. Paul's within the walls, Rome) I listened to the entire Bible on my iPhone this year—the NIV’s dramatised edition-- as I walked the country trails … [Continue reading]
Nowadays, when I look around my house and see mess, or when my eyes fall on expensive books I have bought but haven’t read, or I remember a project I started enthusiastically but haven’t completed, I tell myself the same thing: “God loves … [Continue reading]
The mosaic of Christ Pantocrator which we saw last week (Monreale Duomo, Sicily) Merry Christmas, dear readers, and here’s my short and sweet Christmas letter. 2013 was a full year, and a good one. We put 2012 to bed in Malta, which we … [Continue reading]