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...

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,...

"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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

“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...

The Way of Change by Henri Nouwen It is my growing conviction that in Jesus the mystical and the revolutionary ways are not opposites,...

As you can probably tell, I am having a hard time processing Teflon Don and his seemingly endless trail of no-accountability evil. ...

This morning I came across a meditation by Henri Nouwen entitled, “Let Yourself Be Useless With God” which is posted below. For my...

"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...

"The Return Of The Prodigal Son," Rembrandt van Rijn State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Ann: Richard – and whoever else...

"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...

"Hospitality means primarily the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy....

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...