The spiritual life | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:50:01 +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 The spiritual life | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 In Which–Fortunately–Our Progress in the Spiritual Life Is Dependent on Grace and the Spirit, Not Our Hard Work https://anitamathias.com/2015/02/21/phew-progress-spiritual-life-dependent-grace-rather-efforts/ https://anitamathias.com/2015/02/21/phew-progress-spiritual-life-dependent-grace-rather-efforts/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2015 11:06:51 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=63928     I often think of this sermon illustration from my time in Williamsburg, VA: You cannot knock on the door of Buckingham Palace, or the White House and enter. You need an invitation, or you will be firmly ushered out (at best!). God, creator of the cosmos, 70 thousand million million million (70 sextillion) […]

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