https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Wed, 25 Dec 2019 07:38:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg https://anitamathias.com 32 32 https://anitamathias.com/2019/12/24/trust-a-message-of-christmas/ https://anitamathias.com/2019/12/24/trust-a-message-of-christmas/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:45:29 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=67109 He came to earth in a  splash of energy And gentleness and humility.   That homeless baby in the barn Would be the lynchpin on which history would ever after turn Who would have thought it?   But perhaps those attuned to God’s way of surprises would not be surprised.   He was already at […]

The post Trust: A Message of Christmas first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2019/12/24/trust-a-message-of-christmas/feed/ 6 https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/08/there-will-be-the-essence-of-dogness-in-heaven-c-s-lewis/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/08/there-will-be-the-essence-of-dogness-in-heaven-c-s-lewis/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:31:29 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42162   Jake, my collie, in a buttercup meadow. ‘And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”’ (Rev 5:13). […]

The post There will be “the essence of dogness” in Heaven: C.S. Lewis first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/08/there-will-be-the-essence-of-dogness-in-heaven-c-s-lewis/feed/ 12 https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/21/the-power-of-praise-even-in-the-animal-world/ https://anitamathias.com/2012/11/21/the-power-of-praise-even-in-the-animal-world/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:29:27 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=38840   I keep learning and forgetting and learning again the spiritual power of praise and gratitude—eucharisteo. It’s one of those spiritual practices that unleashes disproportionate power—like prayer, or the power of love. Why it even works in the animal kingdom. Several feisty horses live in the field behind my garden.  Many villagers bring them apples […]

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