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Do You Want to be a Prophet?

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Dave Small — Leave a comment

The prophetic voice speaks with insight about our present reality. It finds hope in the midst of chaos. It finds the chaos and deception in perceived stability. While I call it the “prophetic voice”, it doesn’t always “speak”. You will…

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20,000

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Dave Small — 15 Comments

This blog is small by blogging standards. But, I didn’t expect my observations about the writings of a 16th century Carmelite nun to generate a lot of mainstream interest. Nevertheless, I have now reached 20,000 views for this blog. There…

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200

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Dave Small — Leave a comment

I’ve been blogging for 2 1/2 years about Teresa of Avila’s book The Interior Castle. Last week I published blog post #200. Out of those 200 posts I selected six of my favorites. The first three are short posts that…

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Posted in Summaries

Attentiveness

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Dave Small — 1 Comment

Interior Castle: Sixth Mansions: Chapter Six We’ve moved deep into the Interior Castle, but have not yet reached the Seventh Mansions “where in a wonderful way the soul never ceases to walk with Christ our Lord but is ever in…

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Posted in 3rd Mansions - Chapter 1

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