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Block E

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Dave Small — 4 Comments

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have…

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Posted in 5th Mansions - Chapter 3, Stories and Parables

Silkworms and Butterflies: Part Two

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Dave Small — Leave a comment

And now let us see what becomes of this silkworm, for all that I have been saying about it is leading up to this. When it is in this state of prayer, and quite dead to the world, it comes…

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Posted in 5th Mansions - Chapter 2, Stories and Parables

Silkworms and Butterflies

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Dave Small — Leave a comment

You will have heard of the wonderful way in which silk is made–a way which no one could invent but God–and how it comes from a kind of seed which looks like tiny peppercorns . . . When the warm…

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Posted in 5th Mansions - Chapter 2, Stories and Parables

Shallow Advice

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Dave Small — 1 Comment

Teresa of Avila: Interior Castle: Fifth Mansions: Chapter One I have had a great deal of experience with learned men, and have also had experience with half-learned , fearful ones; these latter cost me dearly. At least I think that…

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Posted in 5th Mansions - Chapter 1, Stories and Parables

Prayer of Recollection – A Story

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Dave Small — Leave a comment

Prayer of Recollection: Part Three Back in the 80’s Sam attended a conservative church. This came with a long list of things you shouldn’t do and a much shorter list of things you could do. Then the winds of freedom…

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Posted in 4th Mansions - Chapter 3, Stories and Parables

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