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The Life-Changing Practice of Meditation

Anita Mathias — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 18:24:05 +0000

So, a couple of years ago, almost on a whim, my husband Roy and I took an intensive eight week course in Mindfulness at the Oxford Department of Psychiatry! (and at the famous local psychiatric hospital, the Warneford!!) I didn’t really know what Mindfulness was, but I “knew,” we should do it. You can imagine […]

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One Work Goal for 2105: Focus

Anita Mathias — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:54:12 +0000

I enjoy the One Word project. Instead of a resolution, one asks God for a prophetic word as a guide for the year. My word for 2014 was alignment. I have chosen Joy as the word to return to this year. When I find myself stressed, distressed, angry, worried or simply sad, I am learning […]

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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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Quit Worrying about your Savings Plan: Jesus

Anita Mathias — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:27:08 +0000

Image credit Jesus was a spectacularly loving person, caring and reaching out right through his crucifixion— so when he speaks about money, we’d be wise to listen up. We’d be wise to listen because his desire, the reason he said he came, was for the fullest human flourishing, that we may have LIFE in abundance. […]

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We Must Prune Even the Good for Increased Fruitfulness

Anita Mathias — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:20:00 +0000

Every branch that does bear fruit, the gardener prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. John 15:2. Seems unfair, doesn’t it? In a contemporary interpretation of the Joseph story in Sun, Stand Still, Stephen Furtick refers to the pit of into which Joseph was tossed on his journey from being a shepherd boy […]

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