Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Image Credit So, on the 1st of August, on Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day hundreds of thousands of Americans bought sandwiches from the popular fast food chain. Chick-Fil-A made $30 million on that day, to be donated to anti-gay groups.Dan Cathy and his … [Continue reading]
(Guest post by Roy Mathias)Odense, meaning "Oden's Shrine", and pronounced [ˈoðˀn̩sə ( listen), was our second stop in Denmark. Another medieval city with some lovely buildings and gardens. Here are some photos of the Cathedral, Odense … [Continue reading]
This has been a big year for sport in the UK. Andy Murray was the first Brit in the men's singles in 74 years.When we entered our church, St. Andrew's, Oxford on July 8th, Wimbledon was on the big screen rather than Christian graphics. Our … [Continue reading]
The Carlsberg Glyptotek (Art Museum) Saint Augustine. The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and … [Continue reading]
(Guest post by Roy Mathias)Our first stop in Denmark was Haderslev -- a medieval town in Jutland, the peninsula connecting Germany and Denmark. The first thing that strikes you is the whiteness of the interior:in contrast to the red brick … [Continue reading]
Last July, I spent a couple of days in Odense, the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen–which he left as soon as he could. Hans Christian Andersen (all three are very common and popular Danish names) was a freak genius, born to a cobbler and a … [Continue reading]
I can’t precisely date when exactly I realized that God loved me though it is the most life-changing idea I’ve encountered. Similarly, I can’t quite date when I understood the significance of the death of Jesus. Of the Cross of Jesus. Of the … [Continue reading]
Mental health, like physical health, is on a continuum. When someone totally loses it, and is obviously “mad” enough to be sectioned, we say they’ve lost touch with reality. But how few of us see reality as it really is. With a God’s eye view. As … [Continue reading]