Gospel of Matthew | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires

Do Not Be Afraid, but Do Be Prudent

Anita Mathias — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 21:58:13 +0000

“Do not be afraid,” a dream-angel tells Joseph, to marry Mary, who’s pregnant, though a virgin, for in our magical, God- invaded world, the Spirit has placed God’s son in her as long foretold by Isaiah. Call the baby Jesus, or The Lord saves, for he will drag people free from the chokehold of their […]

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Grab Christ’s Hand When You Are Sinking

Anita Mathias — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 13:20:06 +0000

Hi friends, I’ve recorded a podcast meditation, which I hope you’ll enjoy. Feedback welcome 🙂 Sometimes, the little boat of your life is tossed in the darkness, in a storm-swept lake, far from shore, It’s buffeted by waves, with the wind against it. And a dark figure looms, walking on water, and you cannot see […]

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On Using Anger as a Trigger to Transform Ourselves

Anita Mathias — Thu, 11 May 2023 12:53:04 +0000

Dear friends, I am continuing my series of short meditations on the Gospel of Matthew. This one, the eight in the series, concludes the meditations on the sublime Sermon on the Mount. Thank you for reading along! On Using Anger as a Trigger to Transform Ourselves “Do not judge, or you too will be judged,” […]

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Changing the Soil of My Heart, Little by Little

Anita Mathias — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:54:32 +0000

I read the Gospels, I hear them preached, and tap, tap, tap, go my jubilant feet. The Gospels tell me lovely things I wanted to believe but feared were not true; that fellow Christians often suggested were not true, by their deeds, if not their words; and that our world definitely believes are not true. […]

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