Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
I like Jesus’ great invitation at the end of Matthew 11:“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For … [Continue reading]
I am reading Mark Batterson’s The Circle Maker, a brilliant book on prayer and am already praying more, and praying better: one test of a good book on prayer. Here’s an excerpt from the first chapter: Bold prayers honour God and God honours bold … [Continue reading]
Image credit When we moved to Oxford, and my daughter, Irene, was five, she sat next to a little girl in school called Persephone Marlowe. And in church, to our surprise, there was Persephone Marlowe. And the whole Marlowe family who were lovely … [Continue reading]
One gets spoiled in Oxford, gets used to fast-moving, intelligent conversation; to hearing of new books and new ideas, and having your own thinking challenged. And sometimes, after living here for years, you can think of Oxford as the world. … [Continue reading]
I am reading the story of Jacob in Genesis. Jacob was in a most unpromising position to make a fortune. “Name your wages,” Laban said, and Jacob did, modest ones: the streaked and speckled sheep and goats, and dark sheep (Gen … [Continue reading]
I read Gilead by Marilynne Robinson at a difficult time of my life, with a great deal of pleasure, awe, delight, gratitude (and envy at the perfection of her writing style). However, I did not remember this beautiful passage which Canadian … [Continue reading]
Image: Caravaggio You can live with Christ in the closest possible Intimacy; have a Spirit-given breakthrough Understand that he is the Son Of the Living God, know He speaks the words of eternal life. You can see him on the mountain, … [Continue reading]
Towers surrounding Piazza Cisterna, San Gimignano, Tuscany. “Dreaming is a form of praying, and praying is a form of dreaming,” Mark Batterson I was wandering around Tuscany last week, loving the tiny walled cities, the … [Continue reading]