Monthly Archives: June 2015

Meditate. On What?

I am the way, and the truth, and the life. (Jesus) The ways Jesus goes about loving and saving the world are personal: nothing disembodied, nothing abstract, nothing impersonal. Incarnate, flesh and blood, relational, particular, local. (Eugene Peterson: The Jesus

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Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 7

Sorrow for Sin: Part Two

You desire truth in the inward being;      therefore teach me wisdom in my           secret heart. (Psalm 51) We’ve eliminated overt sin from our life. We’re unaware of any significant internal sin. But our

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Sorrow for Our Sins: Part One

Create in me a clean heart, O God,      and put a new and right spirit            within me. We damage our relationships with God and others through our sins. Sorrow for our sins is

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Why We’re Unhappy

[Our] Lord sometimes gives the soul feelings of jubilation and a strange prayer it doesn’t understand. (Interior Castle: Sixth Mansions: Chapter Six) These people aren’t drunk as some of you suspect. They haven’t had time to get drunk—it’s only nine

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Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 6

False Tears

Teresa challenges spiritual experiences governed by emotionalism and excessive crying. People cry. Crying is a normal emotional response. Some people cry more than others. Crying is not a sign of weakness, in fact, some people with great emotional strength cry.

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Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 6