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On Not Despising Deliverance

Anita Mathias — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:17:48 +0000

“Do not despise prophecy,” the Apostle Paul says, somewhat surprisingly. Why would we despise it? Because we tend to suspect what we do not understand? Or because prophecy can attract fools, charlatans, the unstable, and conmen seeking to gain power over others—as well as, of course, those who can genuinely tune into God? I no […]

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Images from our Trip to Pisa: The Leaning Tower, Duomo and Baptistery

Anita Mathias — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 21:04:00 +0000

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page, Saint Augustine. A guest post from my husband Roy who loves the camera as much as I love words. (Though he’s done the words too, in this case:-) The Leaning Tower of Pisa, one of the symbols of Italy, and a […]

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Images of San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy

Anita Mathias — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:36:28 +0000

(Roy and I were at San Gimignano, Tuscany, last month. It was a magical town. Enjoy Roy’s guest post on it) San Gimignano, Italy’s most visited hill town is a photographer’s delight. Here are a few images to tempt you to visit if you are in Tuscany. You enter an almost car-free zone. Our hotel was […]

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On Long Walks, Spirituality and Creativity. And Images of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Anita Mathias — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:47:12 +0000

I discovered a new pleasure this year which has become vital to my spiritual life and my ability to hear and God; my emotional balance and shalom; my psychological well-being; my ability to deal with stress; my creativity, and my happiness. And no, it’s not prayer, though prayer, theoretically, offers all these benefits.But we are […]

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“One Way to Find God” : A Guest Post by Penelope Swithinbank

Anita Mathias — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:43:24 +0000

I am honoured to host this guest post from Penelope Swithinbank. I will be joining her on her pilgrimage along the Via Francigena in Tuscany in September. Might you come too? ONE WAY TO FIND GOD BY PENELOPE SWITHINBANK Complete wholeness – of stillness and silence. As in the absence of interruption or invasion by […]

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