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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Church That Had Too Much had many good intentions. She wanted to love God, she wanted to love people, but she was both hampered by her muchness and the abundance of her possessions, and beset by ambition, power struggles and snobbery. Read about the surprising way The Church That Had Too Much began to resolve her problems in this deceptively simple and enchanting fable, illustrated in full colour. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anita Mathias is the author of Wandering Between Two Worlds: Essays on Faith and Art. She has a B.A. and M.A. in English from Somerville College, Oxford University, and an M.A. in Creative Writing from the Ohio State University, USA. Anita won a National Endowment of the Arts fellowship in Creative Nonfiction in 1997. She lives in Oxford, England with her family. Visit Anita at http://www.anitamathias.com, and on http://theoxfordchristian.blogspot.com, her Christian blog; http://wanderingbetweentwoworlds.blogspot.com, her personal blog, and http://thegoodbooksblog.blogspot.com, her literary and writing blog. Visit Benediction Classics at www.thebestthathasbeensaid.com to read thousands of free classic books online, or buy them in elegant paperback and hardback editions at reasonable prices.

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"""I read this book last night. It is a parable, beautifully written and illustrated with pictures from the author's home and family. It is about how possessions drag us down and a church that had a radical way of dealing with this and the blessings that ensued. What struck me is that it would be a great resource for a church with a more informal service. The story could be read in the 'sermon slot' and Anita could be asked nicely for the pictures and they could be displayed on a screen. Or perhaps the story could be acted out and then people could break into discussion groups afterwards. I would recommend it."" -- Reverend Lesley Crawley This is a bold, clear and readable critique of the body of believers and our preoccupation with materialism. I think there are opportunities for a 'The Church That Had Too Much 2' by focusing on wealthy church denominations and institutions. -- Nick White"

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"Anita Mathias was born in India and lives in Oxford, England. She has a BA (Hons.) and an MA in English from Somerville College, Oxford University, and an MA in English/Creative Writing from the Ohio State University. Anita has won a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Minnesota State Arts Board, and fellowships from The Jerome Foundation, The Vermont Studio Centre, The Sweet Briar Writers Colony, and The Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts. She has published in ""The Washington Post,"" ""London Magazine,"" ""Commonweal,"" ""America,"" ""The Christian Century,"" ""The Virginia Quarterly Review,"" ""The Journal,"" ""Notre Dame Magazine,"" ""Contemporary Literary Criticism,"" and ""The Best Spiritual Writing"" anthologies. Anita has blogged for Tearfund in Cambodia, and has won awards for her blogging and tweeting at the Premier Digital Awards, London. She blogs at anitamathias.com. Her widely-available podcast is called ""Christian Meditation with Anita Mathias."" Anita's books include her memoir, Rosaries, Reading, Secrets: A Catholic Childhood in India; Wandering Between Two Worlds (2007), a book of essays; ""Francesco: Artist of Florence: The Man who Gave Too Much,"" (2014), a fable, and The Story of Dirk Willems: The Man who Died to Save his Enemy (2019), on an episode in Christian history."

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