Revival Alliance | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 15 May 2014 21:31:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg Revival Alliance | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 Chasing the Wild Goose of the Holy Spirit: In Praise of Retreats https://anitamathias.com/2014/05/15/chasing-wild-goose-holy-spirit-praise-retreats/ https://anitamathias.com/2014/05/15/chasing-wild-goose-holy-spirit-praise-retreats/#comments Thu, 15 May 2014 21:28:59 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=60910  Is God more present in one place than another?Does it make sense to leave the comfort and familiarity of your daily surroundings to seek God in places—retreat centres or pilgrimage spots– “where prayer has been made valid,” in T. S. Eliot’s phrase? Where God was rumoured to have shown up in the past, or to […]

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