If you've joined me for this journey thus far, we find ourselves today (on the Feast Day of St. Teresa!) now in the doorway of the Second Mansion. At times, I've viewed the Second Mansion as Teresa's gracious "recovery room" after navigating the "addiction treatment center" of the First Mansion. If you recall, the First … Continue reading Resources for the Journey | The Second Mansion
Entering the Journey | St. Teresa’s First Mansion
"The soul is like a castle made exclusively of diamond or some other very clear crystal. In this castle, there are a multitude of dwellings just as in heaven there are many mansions." St. Teresa of Avila At first, Teresa's description of an "interior castle" with many dwellings sounds like esoteric mumbo-jumbo. Because we live … Continue reading Entering the Journey | St. Teresa’s First Mansion
out of illusions, into the depths | st. teresa’s invitation to you (2 in the series)
I love St. Teresa. I often joke that she's my favorite 16th century "Reformer," particularly when I am around friends and students from the Reformed tradition. St. Teresa lived south of Calvin and Luther in Spain during the tumultous 16th century, and her "reform" - while vastly different in form and content than the others … Continue reading out of illusions, into the depths | st. teresa’s invitation to you (2 in the series)