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Making a Difference Through Prayer and Writing: In Praise of Julian of Norwich

Anita Mathias — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:11:58 +0000

I read the papers and stress rises. So much injustice! 21 million people enslaved (14 million of them in India), land-grabbing, starvation, destruction of ecosystems, precious species going extinct, the restavek system in Haiti, slavery in Qatar, and the plight of the Palestinians. My heart sinks. I am just one girl of limited energy. I […]

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“Useless Prayer” by Henri Nouwen

Anita Mathias — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:08:56 +0000

“WHY should I spend an hour in prayer when I do nothing during that time but think about people I am angry with, people who are angry with me, books I should read and books I should write, and thousands of other silly things that happen to grab my mind for a moment? The answer […]

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Housework as a Pathway to Prayer—with Vermeer’s Women

Anita Mathias — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:32:25 +0000

You can almost hear the silence. The milkmaid is quiet, so quiet, and time is suspended as she pours milk. The hands work while the mind thinks. Is it a life of drudgery, or is it a gift–her trivial chore a window into eternity, time to think, to pray, to look out of the window […]

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