Grazie Signore! “Thank you, Lord, for those who have greater gifts.”

Anita Mathias — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:14:18 +0000

In his excellent The Ragamuffin Gospel, Brennan Manning mentions the limited Antonio Salieri, court composer to the Holy Roman Emperor, who was conscientious, devout, and wildly jealous of the wildly gifted Mozart who–neither conscientious, nor devout–tossed off sublime music in the interludes of a life of “wine, women and song, and he didn’t sing much.” […]

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Homo Sapiens and Homo Stupidus: On Giftedness and its Price

Anita Mathias — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:19:50 +0000

I live-blogged in Cambodia recently, fund-raising for a charity. We were to be accompanied by a “Christian celebrity” who had promised to do national talks on her return. The posters had been printed. Well, she was not at Heathrow. Among several possible forms of ID, she sent off her passport to get her driver’s […]

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Grazie Signore! “Thank you, Lord, for those who have greater gifts.”

Homo Sapiens and Homo Stupidus: On Giftedness and its Price