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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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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