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Using God’s Gift of Our Talents: A Path to Joy and Abundance

Anita Mathias — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:14:50 +0000

Jesus, in his Parable of the Talents, memorably illustrates how human life and God’s kingdom work. Our life is a story we co-write with God, who hands us plot outlines: geography, gender, genetics, socio-economic position, creativity, health, personality, temperament, as well as our unique, innate gifts. God, considering our abilities, assigns us varying […]

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A Pruned Minimalistic Life is More Fruitful

Anita Mathias — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:13:15 +0000

When we were in Tuscany in September, I saw grape vines pruned back drastically to about three feet, and above them, masses of plump abundant grapes, black, green, purple. Grape vines grow as tall as you let them. We have some growing in our conservatory and the side of our barn, which are 10-15 feet. […]

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An Immensely Abundant Universe. Seeds as a Solution to World Hunger

Anita Mathias — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:31:22 +0000

Barbara Kingsolver’s describes her marvellously productive garden in her memoir of a gardening year, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. We spent the July 4th weekend applying rock lime to the beans and eggplants to discourage beetles, and tying up the waist-high tomato vines to four-foot cages and stakes. In February, each of these plants had been a […]

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