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On the amazing Baptism in the Holy Spirit–and its limits!

Anita Mathias — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:25:37 +0000

John the Baptist’s preaching caused a revival, of sorts. “The whole Judaean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him.” (Mark 1:5) This explosion of popularity did not throw him off course. He did not try to maintain his momentum or his platform. He stayed focused on the Message-giver, and his message […]

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In praise of tiny goals

Anita Mathias — Thu, 28 May 2015 13:35:40 +0000

I know many people who want to write books they haven’t completed—and I, alas, am one of them. The standard advice for writing a book? Ray Bradbury, Stephen King or Donald Miller recommend 1000 words a day. If people did that, they’d publish 4-6 books in a year, Miller says. More commonly, writing gurus recommend […]

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Ora et Labora: How Physical Activity helps my Creative and Spiritual Life.

Anita Mathias — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:59:51 +0000

I recently went off routine into a funk. This had been my schedule: Wake, pray, and then read scripture, and blog about it, or whatever the Holy Spirit is bugging me about. This took about two and a quarter hours. After which I did some housework and decluttering for an hour. Then gardened, another hour. […]

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