Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
I met Mollie Lyon, a lover of Jesus from Pennsylvania, through her thoughtful blog comments a couple of years ago, and she has been a faithful and supportive blog reader and friend. I was pleased when she offered me a guest post. Let His … [Continue reading]
I am taking a blog break until the 2nd November, going to a beach cottage in Cornwall to do some serious writing and hiking. For the final post before my break, I am delighted to host Carolyn Weber, author of the beautiful memoir, Surprised by … [Continue reading]
I recently went off routine into a funk. This had been my schedule: Wake, pray, and then read scripture, and blog about it, or whatever the Holy Spirit is bugging me about. This took about two and a quarter hours. After which I did some housework … [Continue reading]
(Roy and I were at San Gimignano, Tuscany, last month. It was a magical town. Enjoy Roy's guest post on it) San Gimignano, Italy's most visited hill town is a photographer's delight. Here are a few images to tempt you to visit if you are in … [Continue reading]
Jesus calls us to follow him. He makes no distinction between men and women. He does not call women to follow him by “being anxious and troubled” about cooking and cleaning, and men to follow him by fishing. He praised Mary, who sat … [Continue reading]
Blogging almost daily for three and a half years has led to self-awareness. I have grown bored of boasting of my weaknesses. There is a time for self-analysis, and a time for acting on that analysis, and that time came! And so I am in the … [Continue reading]
So we had guests for lunch. It normally takes me just a few minutes to get myself presentable, but I was slowed down by my bedroom which was unusually messy: unmade bed, clothes books, manuscripts and make up strewn around. Looking at it made me … [Continue reading]
18 years ago, Lori, a friend from my Ph.D programme in Creative Writing (we dropped out in the same month) published a children’s book which became and remains a best-seller. She said God gave it to her in a single morning, as she was at … [Continue reading]