https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:23:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg https://anitamathias.com 32 32 https://anitamathias.com/2023/06/05/jesus-promises-us-rest-and-an-easy-yoke/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:10:52 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=68228 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 […]

The post Jesus Promises Us Rest (and an Easy Yoke!) first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2013/07/30/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/07/30/the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:28:12 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46623 I looked at the programme for “The Greenbelt Festival: Where Faith, Arts and Justice” collide, and blinked at the title of a talk: “The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth.” The description read:  Based on the story of Naboth’s vineyard as a perennial tale of land and dispossession. The presentation takes us into the temple with […]

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