Henri Nouwen: Opaqueness to Transparency*
Sometimes it's hard to call a spade a shovel even when it's staring us in the face. We like to think that everything can be redeemed and...
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Ann
Apr 17, 20222 min read
Henri Nouwen: Reflection For Easter Sunday
Rays of Hope Dear Lord, risen Lord, light of the world, to you be all praise and glory! This day, so full of your presence, your joy,...
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Ann
Mar 21, 20222 min read
Henri Nouwen: "I Love You, I Love You, I Love You"
"The voice of despair says, “I sin over and over again. After endless promises to myself and others to do better next time, I find myself...
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Ann
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Henri Nouwen:* Who Are We?
My True Identity The first thing that struck me when I came to live in a house with mentally handicapped people was that their liking...
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Ann
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Henri Nouwen: Joy
"Joy does not come from positive predictions about the state of the world. It does not depend on the ups and downs of the circumstances...
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Ann
Apr 29, 20211 min read
Henri Nouwen: Create Space In Your Innermost Self
Today I imagined my inner self as a place crowded with pins and needles. How could I receive anyone in my prayer when there is no place...
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Ann
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Henri Nouwen
Be in the World Without Being of the World "Being in the world without being of the world.” These words summarize well the way Jesus...
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Ann
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Henri Nouwen: You Are The Beloved
“Many voices ask for our attention. There is a voice that says, “Prove that you are a good person.” Another voice says, “you’d better be...
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Ann
Jul 12, 20201 min read
Mystics and Revolutionaries
The Way of Change by Henri Nouwen It is my growing conviction that in Jesus the mystical and the revolutionary ways are not opposites,...
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Ann
May 19, 20201 min read
The Herculean Task: Love Your Enemies
As you can probably tell, I am having a hard time processing Teflon Don and his seemingly endless trail of no-accountability evil. ...
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Ann
May 13, 20203 min read
The Holy Place of Nothing
This morning I came across a meditation by Henri Nouwen entitled, “Let Yourself Be Useless With God” which is posted below. For my...
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Ann
May 13, 20201 min read
Let Yourself Be Useless With God
"Let Yourself Be Useless," Henri Nouwen "Prayer is not a way of being busy with God instead of with people. In fact, it unmasks the...
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Ann
Apr 27, 20203 min read
Jesus: The Collective and The New Earth
"The Return Of The Prodigal Son," Rembrandt van Rijn State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Ann: Richard – and whoever else...
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Ann
Feb 19, 20201 min read
Henri Nouwen: Being At Home
"When we think back to the places where we felt most at home, we quickly see that it was where our hosts gave us the precious freedom to...
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Ann
Feb 18, 20201 min read
Henri Nouwen: Hospitality
"Hospitality means primarily the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy....
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Ann
Jan 31, 20202 min read
Henri Nouwen: What's Real
Henri Nouwen was a priest, a renowned spiritual leader, writer, and educator. And yet, for the last 10 years of his life he served as...
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