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Jesus Promises Us Rest (and an Easy Yoke!)

Anita Mathias — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:10:52 +0000

He was the cleverest human who ever lived, a master of humour, and of literary devices such as paradox, as when he offers the weary and burdened, rest. Rest–by bearing his yoke. Bearing the yoke of Jesus means developing the habit of checking in with him before we speak, act or commit ourselves. For […]

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Honesty Is the Narrow Gate to the Spiritual Life: Learning from My Daughter, Irene

Anita Mathias — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 11:30:57 +0000

So I signed my daughter Irene up for a ministry called “LieBusters” at the David’s Tent worship festival. Five minutes in, her “LieBuster” asks her, “What is God saying to you?” Irene sits there, taken aback, and then tears stream down her face. “Nothing. I can’t hear a thing. I didn’t know it was going […]

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In which Annie Relocates the Wirral to Birmingham, and I am Chastened

Anita Mathias — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:10:42 +0000

One gets spoiled in Oxford, gets used to fast-moving, intelligent conversation; to hearing of new books and new ideas, and having your own thinking challenged. And sometimes, after living here for years, you can think of Oxford as the world. Think of the body of Christ in Oxford as identical to the body of […]

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