Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires

Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art

Germany and Me: How Nations Change their National Character. At His Place, Saarland, Germany

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When I was a teenager in the seventies, the libraries of the two clubs we belonged to were flooded with World War II novels. I remember, at the age of 11, reading QB VII set in a German concentration camp, Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, … [Continue reading]

Off to “His Place,” a Christian Retreat Centre in Saarland, Germany. “He Restores my Soul”

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We are on our way to Germany to stay at His Place, a guesthouse, owned by a Christian community, Community Without Walls, where Rolland Baker was healed from dementia, and Carol Arnott was healed and taught the ten minute worship revolution which has … [Continue reading]

Stephen King’s Immensely Helpful Book “On Writing”

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King’s short book, On Writing, figures in many writers’ lists of the best books on writing. And deservedly so. It has motivated  me to get my writing shoes on, and get writing. I listened to it read by King himself on my iPod, while running—on … [Continue reading]

Murakami’s “What I Talk about When I Talk about Running”: The Connection between the Creative Life and Exercise

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Available on Amazon.com I am thoroughly enjoying listening to Haruki Murakami’s “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running,” as I am trying to learn to run (using the NHS Couch to 5K app.) When Murakami began to write full-time, he gained … [Continue reading]

When the Risky Word of the Lord Came to the Lonely Prophets

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I am listening to the Bible in a year while walking country trails.  Listening to a whole book in a long walk or two, helps me see “the big picture” of Scripture and its themes. The Prophets have grabbed me. You just don’t mess with those … [Continue reading]