Henri Nouwen
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Day 92 – Shadows and Light of the Caregiver
In a society that focuses on the bright and beautiful, our sacred work is borne on the shoulders of the quiet and hidden ones that work silently in the shadows. Continue reading
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Day 248 – Loving Out of Brokenness
Henri Nouwen has written of the mystery of the human heart in relationship to one another, and suggests our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others. Beyond what others have asserted as a universal need to love and be… Continue reading
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Day 227 – Being With
Compassionate care, presence, and healing all emerge from our willingness to be with our own heart and mind. We cannot give what we do not have. Being with others in ways that meet need with Love demands we first know… Continue reading
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Day 122 – Authentic Living
Each human person is unique and original, and nobody has lived what we have lived. Furthermore, what we have lived, we have lived not just for ourselves but for others as well. Writing can be a very creative and invigorating… Continue reading
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Day 29 – On Being Community
The Journal entries of late seem to have the thread of community woven throughout – a community against injustice, a community of caring for an individual, a community of faith. In writing about community, Henri Nouwen has suggested community is,… Continue reading
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Day 21 – King at Rest – Passion’s Price
Martin Luther King, Jr. must have experienced many days when he resented his calling. He was living in this world, as Nouwen says, but, like all saintly people, he periodically transcended it. Continue reading
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Hidden Compassion
As we feel the gifts in our own lives, grace arrives. And grace is contagious. Continue reading
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