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Hope for Limping Christians. Changing your Character is both an Act of Will and an Act of Grace

Anita Mathias — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 20:09:17 +0000

Neuroscientist James Fallon was (interestingly!) studying the brains of murderous psychopaths, using brain scans of his family as a control group of the healthy. He suddenly noticed the unmistakable brain scan of a psychopath among his family’s scans. Puzzled, certain it has been misfiled, he has the technician break the code. The brain of […]

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Analysing my Experience of Prayer over the Last 19 Years

Anita Mathias — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 22:44:54 +0000

So I come to my time of prayer, and I am dry and distracted. My thoughts are whirling; I cannot hear God speak, and I have nothing to say. My spirit feels numb. Prayer? It’s as if you are having coffee with a friend you haven’t seen for a while, and you are so out […]

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My Experience of The Baptism in the Holy Spirit and of Speaking in Tongues

Anita Mathias — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:17:05 +0000

So here I am, stressed and anxious. Or happy, at peace and joyful. And almost without realizing it, I find myself praying. In tongues. * * * How do I find myself in Oxford, England, in the 21st century, praying in tongues, this ancient First Century gift vividly described in The Acts of the Apostles? Well, 30ish […]

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The Holy Ground of Kalighat

Anita Mathias — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:32:00 +0000

My brief memoir on volunteering with Mother Teresa is including in Philip Zaleski’s Best Spiritual Writing, and is included in my book, Wandering Between Two Worlds (amazon.com) or on amazon.co.uk Kalighat, the Home of the Dying Destitute, was the toughest assignment in the Missionaries of Charity convent, reputedly reserved for the mature. But I was greedy for challenge […]

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