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Jesus Promises Us Rest (and an Easy Yoke!)

Anita Mathias — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:10:52 +0000

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 […]

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7 things I learned from Simon Vibert’s “Stress: The Path to Peace”

Anita Mathias — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 20:23:12 +0000

Available on Amazon.com Available on Amazon.co.uk Living with high levels of stress can be physically and emotionally dangerous, so much so that stress tests like those by psychiatrists Holmes and Rahe can predict the likelihood of serious illness or an accident in the coming year based an individual’s level of current stress. 1 In his […]

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In which Rest is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

Anita Mathias — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:25:31 +0000

The first chapter of Genesis explodes with creativity! God creates sun, moon and stars; banyans, baobabs and butterflies; macaws, mice and mastodons from a smile in his brain. He creates the world in exuberance because that is his nature. He is a Maker, a creator. And all of us are inherently creative, because we all […]

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In which Jesus Promises Rest to the Meek

Anita Mathias — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:39:36 +0000

I like Jesus’ great invitation at the end of Matthew 11:“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden […]

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In which Driveness & Scarcity Thinking is the Voice of the Oppressor, & the Enemy of the People

Anita Mathias — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:37:30 +0000

I am reading Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly. She quotes Global activist Lynne Twist who, in her book The Soul of Money, refers to scarcity as “the great lie”. Twist writes, “For me, and for many of us, our first waking thought of the day is, “I didn’t get enough sleep.” The next one is “I […]

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Off to “His Place,” a Christian Retreat Centre in Saarland, Germany. “He Restores my Soul”

Anita Mathias — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:32:16 +0000

We are on our way to Germany to stay at His Place, a guesthouse, owned by a Christian community, Community Without Walls, where Rolland Baker was healed from dementia, and Carol Arnott was healed and taught the ten minute worship revolution which has helped me a lot on the days I remember to use it. […]

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In Praise of Sundays

Anita Mathias — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:20:00 +0000

Having a Sunday of deep rest, with everyone peacefully doing their own things. Having a Sunday which is completely restful, does sharpen one’s appetite for the work week, just as returns from travel makes one’s home and home-life so much sweeter!

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