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On Not Despising Deliverance

Anita Mathias — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:17:48 +0000

“Do not despise prophecy,” the Apostle Paul says, somewhat surprisingly. Why would we despise it? Because we tend to suspect what we do not understand? Or because prophecy can attract fools, charlatans, the unstable, and conmen seeking to gain power over others—as well as, of course, those who can genuinely tune into God? I no […]

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7 things I learned from Simon Vibert’s “Stress: The Path to Peace”

Anita Mathias — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 20:23:12 +0000

Available on Amazon.com Available on Amazon.co.uk Living with high levels of stress can be physically and emotionally dangerous, so much so that stress tests like those by psychiatrists Holmes and Rahe can predict the likelihood of serious illness or an accident in the coming year based an individual’s level of current stress. 1 In his […]

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A Rough Guide to Dealing with Anger

Anita Mathias — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 21:58:10 +0000

Image Credit Jamie the Very Worst Missionary writes: Sometimes we look pretty Godless, El Chupacabra (her husband) and I. And it’s not because we’re some hipster Christians who act that way on purpose to be “relevant” or something. It’s because we’re just not letting God in, to be part of what we’re doing here on His Earth. […]

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In which I am Learning to Master Anger

Anita Mathias — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:57:25 +0000

(Reuters/Mike Stone) 14 years ago, I was furious with my husband Roy for some just-discovered crime or misdemeanour, and since he was teaching at the moment (in those pre-mobile phone days), and I couldn’t call him, I called our pastor. (No, I am not joking!) Had Roy been at the end of a phone, it […]

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The Benefits of Optimism (and how Venting Anger makes you Feel Worse)

Anita Mathias — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:09:19 +0000

I have been ruminating on positive thinking, and on particular, on whether it is better to express anger (vent!) or not, and so loved this article in The Atlantic by Emily Esfahani Smith: The Benefits of Optimism are Real. Here are a few ideas from the article 1 “Having a positive outlook in difficult circumstances […]

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Habakkuk: An Old Testament Prophet Moves from Questions and Anger to Peace

Anita Mathias — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:41:00 +0000

I dislike conflict, which means I used stuff resentment until I explode. And I have trouble doing conflict with God too. I was introduced to the Charismatic Movement when I was 17, and truly do believe that one should try to praise the Lord, anyway. Though that doesn’t preclude having it out with Him. But conflict with God […]

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In your anger, do not sin. Psalm 4.

Anita Mathias — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:13:00 +0000

I have reached Psalm 4 in my daily rotational Bible reading of Psalms. And here is what stood out “In your anger, do not sin; When you are on your beds, Search your hearts and be silent.” Hmm. Not do not be angry (impossible, when you are a woman of unclean lips, living amidst a […]

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