Jesus said Communion first, community comes out of that, and out of community, ministry. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I am learning that the best cure for hypocrisy is community. Hypocrisy is not so much the result of not living what… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Living in a community with very wounded people, I came to see that I had lived most of my life as a… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! Thus… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Community always calls us back to solitude, and solitude always calls us to community. Community and solitude, both, are essential elements of… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I loved to teach, I loved my students, but I wanted to find a community. I prayed: "Lord, show me where you… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Christian community is the place where we keep the flame of hope alive among us and take it seriously so that it… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
People who have known the joy of God point each other to flashes of light here and there, and remind each other… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of fruits that… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each other's eyes to the great human… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
...we all want to hear stories, from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Stories connect our little lives with the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or her into… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus says, "Keep your heart on the kingdom first. Keep your heart on God's love. Keep focused on the fact that you are God's… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without condition or limits. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The more preoccupied we are with security the more visible the force of death becomes, whether in the form of a pistol beside our… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I choose L'Arche; L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
