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Analysing my Experience of Prayer over the Last 19 Years

Anita Mathias — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 22:44:54 +0000

So I come to my time of prayer, and I am dry and distracted. My thoughts are whirling; I cannot hear God speak, and I have nothing to say. My spirit feels numb. Prayer? It’s as if you are having coffee with a friend you haven’t seen for a while, and you are so out […]

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In praise of tiny goals

Anita Mathias — Thu, 28 May 2015 13:35:40 +0000

I know many people who want to write books they haven’t completed—and I, alas, am one of them. The standard advice for writing a book? Ray Bradbury, Stephen King or Donald Miller recommend 1000 words a day. If people did that, they’d publish 4-6 books in a year, Miller says. More commonly, writing gurus recommend […]

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Stephen King’s Immensely Helpful Book “On Writing”

Anita Mathias — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:02:34 +0000

King’s short book, On Writing, figures in many writers’ lists of the best books on writing. And deservedly so. It has motivated me to get my writing shoes on, and get writing. I listened to it read by King himself on my iPod, while running—on pedestrian country footpaths, and, so far, with more luck than King […]

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