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Believing Is Seeing (Miracles): “According to Your Faith, Let It Be Done to You.”

Anita Mathias — Sun, 28 May 2023 19:11:00 +0000

Matthew records, As Jesus walked on, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” He asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith, let it be done to you”; and their sight was […]

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In which the Kindly Light of Christ can Heal our Worst Memories

Anita Mathias — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:09:17 +0000

Sometimes, in a dream, or sudden flashback, I remember something dark, frightening, shame-producing, upsetting or infuriating from my past. I guess you do too. It’s part of being human. One way to deal with uncomfortable emotions is through what Brené Brown in Daring Greatly calls numbing—surfing the internet, binge-watching TV, food, overwork, oversleeping, Facebook. Putting […]

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“Thin Places,” Where the Boundaries between the Spiritual and Physical Worlds are Almost Transparent

Anita Mathias — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:48:51 +0000

Celtic Christians prized “thin places,” where the boundaries between the spiritual and physical world are almost transparent. Where we can sense shimmering in the physical world the just-as-real, invisible, supernatural world, charged with the glory of God, with hills ringed with angels in chariots of fire. Could God really be more present in one place […]

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The Good Things of January

Anita Mathias — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:08:32 +0000

I’ve adopted Martin Seligman’s recommended habit of recording 3 good things about my day. Apparently, people who do this report being 25% happier within 3 weeks. I think it is true. I’ve often needed to scan my day carefully to see what was golden about it rather than nondescript. After a while looking for gold […]

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Walking on the Waters, Looking at Jesus, in the Shadow of the Big C (who Must not be Named)

Anita Mathias — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 20:01:30 +0000

I had a cancer scare two and a half years ago. Fear gripped my heart when I realised the doctor suspected endometrial cancer. Fears of chemotherapy–and, perhaps worse, death. My youngest daughter was just 12. I was by no means ready to die. And I lay down, and “saw” a vision. Christ walking towards me […]

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When the Spirit Comes, Oh, You will be Unworthy

Anita Mathias — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:20:13 +0000

When the Spirit comes, the one sure thing is: You will be unworthy. You cower in the upper room, quite out of ideas and momentum, and he comes like tongues of fire, and your speech is enabled. You stray into a Charismatic meeting aged 17, and joke about speaking in tongues–oh aren’t you suave and […]

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In which Christ Desires Mercy, not Sacrifice

Anita Mathias — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:16:21 +0000

Jesus was always getting himself into trouble with the Pharisees, the stern keepers of the law, for his common sense and practicality. When his disciples were hungry on the Sabbath, he let them glean. (Matthew 12 :1). When he saw a man with a shrivelled hand in the synagogue on Sunday, he healed him. Furiously […]

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In which Change can come like Magic and Miracles, or through Grace-and-Sweat

Anita Mathias — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:00:34 +0000

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On Magic, Moonshine, Personal Change, and Healing in the Body of Christ

Anita Mathias — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:19:17 +0000

To change, really change, is magical. And to be a Christ-follower is to change, because he is in constant motion, a strong walker, blowing like the wind, and sometimes we need to walk briskly to keep up with him on the winding roads of holiness. Change can happen dramatically, or slowly. God can speak to […]

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Comfort Eating, Emotional Eating, Compulsive Eating: Goodbye to All That

Anita Mathias — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:26:23 +0000

Continued from In which I seek healing, and the healer says, Rise, take up your pallet, and walk. So for ten days now, I have not had sugar or white flour (deciding to cut just these two things from my diet for starters) and have not eaten when I have not been hungry. And I […]

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