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Using God’s Gift of Our Talents: A Path to Joy and Abundance

Anita Mathias — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:14:50 +0000

Jesus, in his Parable of the Talents, memorably illustrates how human life and God’s kingdom work. Our life is a story we co-write with God, who hands us plot outlines: geography, gender, genetics, socio-economic position, creativity, health, personality, temperament, as well as our unique, innate gifts. God, considering our abilities, assigns us varying […]

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Christ’s Great Golden Triad to Guide Our Actions and Decisions

Anita Mathias — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 18:03:54 +0000

Andrei Rublev, The Trinity Here’s a meditation on Matthew 22: 34-40. Do press the green button to listen. So, an expert in the Mosaic law, a Pharisee, tests Jesus: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” A mined field, a trap, for the question implied: “And which of the 613 commands in […]

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How Jesus Dealt With Hostility and Enemies

Anita Mathias — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:11:43 +0000

Christ Driving the Moneychangers from the Temple, 1626, Rembrandt It’s the Tuesday of the last week of Jesus’s life. He rampages through the commercialised temple, overturning the tables of moneychangers. He heals, he teaches; he’s hailed as […]

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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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The Silver Coin in the Mouth of a Fish. Never Underestimate God!

Anita Mathias — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 20:26:23 +0000

I’ve recorded a podcast meditation on Matthew 17: 24-27 below (and would love you to listen 🙂 So the taxman comes for Peter: Does Jesus pay the voluntary, but expected tax for the upkeep of the grand temple and its priests (like today’s tithe)? And, as he often does, Jesus asks Peter what he thinks […]

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Following Jesus Is Costly and the Very Best Thing We Can Do

Anita Mathias — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 15:45:04 +0000

(I have read this meditation on the podcast above. I hope you enjoy it. Feedback welcome!) Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life […]

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Persistent Prayer Turns Christ’s Silence, His “No,” and “Absolutely Not” to “YES!”

Anita Mathias — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 19:57:15 +0000

From Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (The transcript to the recorded podcast meditation is below, here). Persistent Prayer Turns Christ’s Silence, His “No,” and “Absolutely Not” to YES! Persistent Prayer Turns Christ’s Silence, His “No,” and “Absolutely Not” to YES! So, a Gentile Syro-Phoenician woman comes to Jesus, crying out, “Lord, have […]

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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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How to Find Life-Changing Hidden Treasure

Anita Mathias — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 19:52:23 +0000

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy, went and sold all he had and bought that field. Matthew 13:44 The Kingdom of God is within you, Jesus says, as he suggests that making him the King […]

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The Spirit Helps Us Speak Creative Words of Energy and Life

Anita Mathias — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 19:29:16 +0000

The Spirit Helps Us Speak Creative Words of Energy and Life Matthew tells us: Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him so that he could both talk and see. All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?” Matthew 12: 22-24 […]

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