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Changing the Soil of My Heart, Little by Little

Anita Mathias — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:54:32 +0000

I read the Gospels, I hear them preached, and tap, tap, tap, go my jubilant feet. The Gospels tell me lovely things I wanted to believe but feared were not true; that fellow Christians often suggested were not true, by their deeds, if not their words; and that our world definitely believes are not true. […]

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In which Change can come like Magic and Miracles, or through Grace-and-Sweat

Anita Mathias — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:00:34 +0000

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Can a Middle-Aged Person change their character and life for the better?

Anita Mathias — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:24:00 +0000

One of the great questions of middle age: Can change, real deep substantive change in one’s character, habits and thinking, happen in middle age? Only 13% of people over 50 keep their New Year’s resolutions, but 39% of people in their twenties. Of course, we can change, or why go on living? One can change as […]

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