manna | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:12:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg manna | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 In Which I Resolve Not to Be Afraid https://anitamathias.com/2014/03/07/resolve-afraid/ https://anitamathias.com/2014/03/07/resolve-afraid/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:09:24 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=58494  So the disciples row for “three or three and a half miles.” (I love these charming details, John striving to remember accurately–and how they make it easier for us to believe in the truth of these memoirs of Jesus.) It’s dark; the wind is raging; the waters are rough. And a figure looms out of […]

The post In Which I Resolve Not to Be Afraid first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2014/03/07/resolve-afraid/feed/ 10 In which Grace is like Manna, Given Day by Day, in our Time of Need, and Just Enough https://anitamathias.com/2013/05/23/in-which-grace-is-like-manna-given-day-by-day/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/05/23/in-which-grace-is-like-manna-given-day-by-day/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 09:47:57 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=43193 I have desired some real life fairy tales which haven’t happened. And there are spiritual fairy tales I have desired. To be able to say: “Some one prayed for me, and the mathematical problem which has baffled me all my adult life: “How to eat less than I burn” was resolved, just like that.” “I prayed for […]

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