Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Whoever seeks to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. (Matt 10:39) NIV. If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it. (Matt 10:39) New Living … [Continue reading]
I discovered a new pleasure this year which has become vital to my spiritual life and my ability to hear and God; my emotional balance and shalom; my psychological well-being; my ability to deal with stress; my creativity, and my happiness. And … [Continue reading]
Image Credit I would like to have been successful in everything I did the first time round. Sure, I would. And some things I have failed in, yeah, sure, I would rather have been successful in. However, what failure has taught me is to learn to … [Continue reading]
Image Credit They had heard of this amazing man who could heal. And so, giving up a day’s wages, they go off in search of … [Continue reading]
Image Credit In the beginning, God said, “Let there be light.” And he let the water teem with living creatures, Birds flying above the earth, The land full of wild animals and livestock. And the Lord God brought all the beasts of the … [Continue reading]
Jacob Epstein, Jacob and the Angel For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Matt 7:2). Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy. (Matt 5:7). As a man … [Continue reading]
I am reading The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield about a demonic force called Resistance—which conspires to prevent writers writing, painters painting, composers composers, the overweight exercising… You get the picture. And here's another … [Continue reading]
A haunting passage in Carl Gustav Jung’s memoir, Memories, Dreams, and Reflections, describes a woman from whom horses, dogs and people fled, for they sensed dark guilt within her. "A lady came to my office. It was apparent that she … [Continue reading]