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Do Not Be Afraid, but Do Be Prudent

Anita Mathias — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 21:58:13 +0000

“Do not be afraid,” a dream-angel tells Joseph, to marry Mary, who’s pregnant, though a virgin, for in our magical, God- invaded world, the Spirit has placed God’s son in her as long foretold by Isaiah. Call the baby Jesus, or The Lord saves, for he will drag people free from the chokehold of their […]

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On being as wise as a serpent and as gentle as a dove

Anita Mathias — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:20:24 +0000

“I am sending you out as sheep among wolves,” Jesus says. You would imagine that a sheep among wolves would stand no chance at all. Not for a second! And that’s how Jesus sees us Christ-followers. As sheep among wolves. Yes, I have sometimes been a sheep among wolves…in toxic situations where I sense pretty […]

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Forgive, but Remember Graciously. With the Wisdom of a Serpent & Gentleness of a Dove

Anita Mathias — Mon, 26 May 2014 08:42:10 +0000

Woodcut by Gustave Dore I am reading through The Book of Genesis. Joseph’s ten older brothers hated him. Of course, they did. The favourite son with the ornamented robe, who told tales on them, to whom they bowed in their dreams–dreams they uneasily sensed were prescient. Eight brothers wanted to kill him. Reuben suggested throwing […]

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