Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Continued from In which I seek healing, and the healer says, Rise, take up your pallet, and walk. So for ten days now, I have not had sugar or white flour (deciding to cut just these two things from my diet for starters) and have not eaten when I … [Continue reading]
Oddly enough, given that I am middle-aged, this is a period of steady change as I invite Jesus to turn his laser-sharp eyes on area after area of my life (ouch!). Orderly housekeeping which used to be an issue bit of a disaster has been … [Continue reading]
As Roy engages in the daunting task of sorting out our photographs, I asked him to share a few on my blog. Here are a few of The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, a Byzantine Jewel, which Simon Jenkins of the Ship of Fools had suggested we see. I … [Continue reading]
On Broken Hearts, Dashed Dreams and Resurrection Years Last June, Sheridan and Merryn Voysey told us their story over dinner—ten years of infertility, IVF, and stalemated adoption (ten years which coincided with the success of Sheridan’s radio … [Continue reading]
Enjoy this post by my husband Roy on one of our favourite walks by the River Thames in Oxford, incredibly beautiful and a great place to relax. Roy takes his camera, I take my jumbled thoughts. He comes back with photographs, and I come back with … [Continue reading]
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. (Matt 13:45) And if you had one of those pearls, what would you do with it? Here’s … [Continue reading]
So this is C. S Lewis’s famous trilemma: when Jesus is outrageous, as he often is, you have to decide. Do you laugh him off as a lunatic, blow him off as a liar, or bow the knee as to your Lord? The aggrieved brother in Luke 12 was … [Continue reading]
The garden, 1.5 acre, was quite beyond us last May. Daniel (and Jonathan) have been helping us since August, so it's a lot more manageable--and, in my eyes, beautiful, this year. Some images from our garden in May. Tulips are beautiful, very easy to … [Continue reading]