Henri Nouwen on Passion
From “The Road to Daybreak”: This moment when Jesus is handed over to those who do with him as they please is a turning point in Jesus’ ministry. It is…
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Hesychia – “the rest which flows from unceasing prayer”
I previously posted an extract from Alasdair McIntyre’s After Virtue on “hesuchia” – the rest that follows striving. I came across this from Henri Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart…
“silence of the heart is much more important than silence of the mouth”
From Henri Nouwen’s The Way of The Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers These examples of silence in preaching, counseling, and organizing are meant to illustrate how…
“Compassion can never coexist with judgment because judgment creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.” – Henri Nouwen on solitude and compassion
From Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers Here we reach the point where ministry and spirituality touch each other. It is compassion.…
“But to simply withdraw does not provide the way forward, for we then take our hurt or tired self with us”
From ” “Dare to Journey–with Henri Nouwen (Designed for Influence)” by Charles Ringma” We need to resist making unhelpful distinctions where we play off one thing against another. Prayer, for…
Henri Nouwen on the powerlessness of God
From “Bread For the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith”, Henri Nouwen: In and through Jesus we come to know God as a powerless God, who becomes dependent on…
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