minimalism | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:59:21 +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 minimalism | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 Every Prison has a Door… (and We Usually Have the Key!)   https://anitamathias.com/2019/06/26/every-prison-has-a-door-and-we-usually-have-the-key/ https://anitamathias.com/2019/06/26/every-prison-has-a-door-and-we-usually-have-the-key/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2019 22:01:21 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=66986      From Practice to Mastery Image Credit: https://guitarsquid.com So, not being a super-disciplined person, I’ve struggled all my adult life with a few things, surprisingly common struggles for those for whom discipline is problematic. I carry more weight than I should. Okay, I have lost 47 pounds over the last few years as I […]

The post Every Prison has a Door… (and We Usually Have the Key!)   first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2019/06/26/every-prison-has-a-door-and-we-usually-have-the-key/feed/ 10 A Pruned Minimalistic Life is More Fruitful https://anitamathias.com/2013/11/07/pruned-minimalistic-life-fruitful/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/11/07/pruned-minimalistic-life-fruitful/#comments Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:13:15 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=50511 When we were in Tuscany in September, I saw grape vines pruned back drastically to about three feet, and above them, masses of plump abundant grapes, black, green, purple. Grape vines grow as tall as you let them. We have some growing in our conservatory and the side of our barn, which are 10-15 feet. […]

The post A Pruned Minimalistic Life is More Fruitful first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2013/11/07/pruned-minimalistic-life-fruitful/feed/ 8 Minimalism and Simplicity https://anitamathias.com/2013/02/06/minimalism-and-simplicity/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/02/06/minimalism-and-simplicity/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:05:13 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=41823 I love Joshua Becker’s blog Becoming Minimalist and the idea of Minimalism. The only thing is– minimalism is not particularly a Biblical idea (not opposed to Biblical ideas or values, just not one of them). Abundance is more of a Biblical idea. And I am too old and too tired to commit passion to something […]

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