To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
Living in a community with very wounded people, I came to see that I had lived most of my life as a tightrope artist trying to walk on a high, thin cable from one tower to the other, always waiting for the applause when I had not fallen off and broken my leg. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a perspective puts God in view in all of life, not just in the moments we set aside for worship or spiritual disciplines. Not just in the moments when life seems easy. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you’re not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that you hadn’t planned or counted on. Henri Nouwen Read Quote