Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Sometimes, going through my Facebook newsfeed, I see two narratives: Poor Me and Amazing Me. Poor Me status updates are largely negative: ill-health, the misadventures of children, looming deadlines, crushing work loads, exhaustion, the … [Continue reading]
So Jacob has an amazing vision of a stairway between heaven and earth, and angels ascending and descending on it. And at the top was the Lord, who promises him the land, fruitfulness, blessing, protection, his presence and his favour. The … [Continue reading]
Image Credit My tender-hearted children hated sad stories. Neither would let me read Oscar Wilde’s exquisite short stories to them, or even Hans Christian Andersen’s because they were too sad. When I recommended a book or movie, they … [Continue reading]
I think of creativity as God’s river or waterfall into which I step. There is a torrent of ideas out there; I just need to slow down, and step into the deluge. Ray Bradbury, however, in his wonderful book on writing, Zen in the Art of Writing, … [Continue reading]
Adam Grant I often think of a fascinating New York Times Magazine article “Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead,” I read a few months ago. “Giving as the Secret to Getting Ahead,” profiles Adam Grant, 31, the youngest tenured professor at … [Continue reading]
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page, Saint Augustine. A guest post from my husband Roy who loves the camera as much as I love words. (Though he's done the words too, in this case:-) The Leaning Tower of Pisa, one of … [Continue reading]
When we were in Tuscany in September, I saw grape vines pruned back drastically to about three feet, and above them, masses of plump abundant grapes, black, green, purple. Grape vines grow as tall as you let them. We have some growing in our … [Continue reading]
The Greek Sculpture The Spear Bearer and Michelangelo's David I read Scripture as a mountain with the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament building up to the revelation of Jesus Christ in the Gospels. Acts and the letters of Jesus’s … [Continue reading]