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In which Imaginative Literature Stirs the Heart to Conversion (A Guest Post by Holly Ordway)

Anita Mathias — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:08:08 +0000

I am honoured to welcome Dr. Holly Ordway to my blog today. In which Imaginative Literature Stirs the Heart to Conversion How could a fierce atheist enter into Christian faith? There are many ways for God’s grace to work; my own story is one that highlights the importance of imaginative literature! When I was firmly […]

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Grieve No More For All That’s Broken

Anita Mathias — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:10:24 +0000

Wheat must be crushed to become bread And bread broken to be eaten. The chrysalis crumble for the butterfly, The egg splinter for the chicken. And sheets of coloured glass Must be shattered To become stained glass Through which the love of God– In rainbowed light– Shines. * * * And I consider… […]

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“More Beautiful than the Honey Locust Tree Are the Words of the Lord” by Mary Oliver

Anita Mathias — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:13:53 +0000

1 In the household of God, I have stumbled in recitation, and in my mind I have wandered. I have interrupted worship with discussion. Once I extinguished the Gospel candle after all the others. But never held the cup to my mouth lagging in gratitude. 2. The Lord forgives many things, so I have heard.. […]

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In which I am Surprised by the Revelation of Divine Love

Anita Mathias — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:28:11 +0000

When I look around my room, And my eye lights on mess, And my actual word count And writing goals Bear no resemblance, And my day is slipping away And I am barely writing You know what I think most often? He loves me anyway. * * * It’s been a long […]

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The Poet, the Albatross and the Christian

Anita Mathias — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:48:11 +0000

The Albatross […]

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If you find yourself lacking enthusiasm, explore your childhood passions once again

Anita Mathias — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:14:04 +0000

Isaac, son of promise, whose name meant laughter, didn’t do very much. His main contribution: “Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham; for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham,” (Gen 26:18). Redigging ancient wells which have been blocked by the enemy […]

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Living Waters

Anita Mathias — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:26:00 +0000

A waterfall, crashing from the heights, dazzling energy, like the Spirit of God. I am but toe-deep in your lovely waters, Lord, mostly dry, for most of the day, but I want to wade, ever deeper into your rivers of delight. I want to live there, your waters, cascading around me, scouring out the ash […]

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Like a fish out of water, I gasp for you, Lord

Anita Mathias — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:11:00 +0000

Like a fish, That pants and thrashes, Out of its salty oceans, I gasp for you, Lord. I am no amphibian. Though I may flap in a flourish of activity, I gain nothing by it when I am out of your world, when your oxygen does not flood my gills. You are the sea in […]

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Prayer, when in a Funk

Anita Mathias — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:36:00 +0000

I am in a bad mood, Irritable, cross, Tinder waiting for a match. How then do I ask For your Spirit To inhabit This tense habitation Of grumpiness? But need I hesitate? You are a waterfall, That can sweep away My dust and ashes In an instant. You are the wild […]

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A Love Song for Poetry

Anita Mathias — Wed, 12 May 2010 09:51:00 +0000

Zoe asked me where I had got the title of my first book, “Wandering between Two Worlds” from. I told her it from from a Matthew Arnold poem, “Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse” which I had read when I was 16. I recited bits of it to her “Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The […]

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