The eagle waits at the edge of its nest for the winds of the storm to gain velocity. Once the storm is strong enough, it spreads its magnificent wings, and allows the storm to carry it where it wills. By waiting for the wind to gain velocity … [Continue reading]
In which I am Reading (Flaubert’s Sentimental Education), Listening to (Stephen King “On Writing”), Trying (AntiSocial & Audible) & Changing (Fruit, Walking)
Hello, my blog has moved to www.anitamathias.com. Click here to read what I have been reading, listening to, new apps and audiobooks I've tried, and my progress in my healthy eating/lots of walking regimen.Thanks much., … [Continue reading]
On Vaughan Roberts’ interview, and the Case for Gay Christian Marriage
I read this poignant interview with Vaughan Roberts, who has been the widely respected Rector of Oxford’s most conservative evangelical church, St. Ebbe’s since 1991, and felt saddened. Roberts discloses his continuing personal battle with same sex … [Continue reading]
On Writing and Ambition and Some Thoughts from C.S. Lewis on Both
So I have found myself a finalist for “The Tweeter of the Year,” an award from The Christian New Media Awards Conference. I wondered if I should even mention it. But yeah, I am a bit pleased, for to be ambitious for one’s writing is natural--and … [Continue reading]
Most Read Posts in September on Dreaming Beneath the Spires
1 When Christian Giants Stumble, the Proper Response is Mourning 2 In which Angels Sing, and Diamonds Materialize: A Report from the Revival Alliance Charismatic Conference in Birmingham 3 In which I forgive a pair of ecclesiastical rascals, and … [Continue reading]
In Which He Loves Me Anyway
My day is running away with me, and I am not getting much done, and I look at the clock, and realise my day is not working out very well. And that’s when it’s lovely to realise that God loves me when my day works out with mathematical precision, … [Continue reading]
In which Lucy fears her mother is in hell, and I long for a theology which reflects Jesus
My friend, Lucy, has recently lost her mum. Her father had died when Lucy was two, and her sister a baby, and her mother had brought them up on an army pension. “She was a shining example of selflessness, and strength in adversity,” Lucy says.Now, … [Continue reading]
In which I celebrate Enthusiasm: En Theos, the Spirit of God within Us
My enthusiastic Irene Enthusiasm. According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, the word derives from enthousiazein "be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy," from entheos "divinely inspired, … [Continue reading]
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