https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:40:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg https://anitamathias.com 32 32 https://anitamathias.com/2023/04/05/gods-transforming-call-to-each-of-us/ https://anitamathias.com/2023/04/05/gods-transforming-call-to-each-of-us/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:07:45 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=68105     We read in the Gospel of Matthew, that as Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon and Andrew, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”  At once they left their nets and followed him. […]

The post Our Unique and Transforming Call and Vocation first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2023/04/05/gods-transforming-call-to-each-of-us/feed/ 4 https://anitamathias.com/2018/01/28/in-praise-of-desert-and-wilderness-experiences/ https://anitamathias.com/2018/01/28/in-praise-of-desert-and-wilderness-experiences/#comments Sun, 28 Jan 2018 22:47:08 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=66810 John the Baptist, his heart and mind and spirit filled with the word of God, pregnant with his calling, does not do what we would today if we sense a calling. He does not go to the cities, to Jerusalem; he does not seek a platform; in fact, he initially does not speak at all. […]

The post In Praise of Desert and Wilderness Experiences first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2018/01/28/in-praise-of-desert-and-wilderness-experiences/feed/ 18 https://anitamathias.com/2014/06/13/birds-sing-must-even-write/ https://anitamathias.com/2014/06/13/birds-sing-must-even-write/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:31:44 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=61282 As long as I have a garden to muck about in, and the health to do it, I shall not mind growing old. My garden is a deep joy at the centre of my life, even though I am making peace with not being able to keep up with it: it’s an acre and a […]

The post As Birds Sing Because They Must, Even So I Write first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2014/06/13/birds-sing-must-even-write/feed/ 4 https://anitamathias.com/2013/06/20/the-will-of-god-always-leads-us-to-a-larger-place/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/06/20/the-will-of-god-always-leads-us-to-a-larger-place/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:49:53 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46197 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.  “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. (Matthew 4 18-20)  So the fishers of […]

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