“When God makes a covenant with us, God says: 'I will love you with an everlasting love. I will be faithful to… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Prayer is standing in the presence of God with the mind in the heart; that is, at that point of our being… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“When we say to people, 'I will pray for you,' we make a very important commitment. The sad thing is that this… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“It was hard for me to see God at work in my life when I was running from class to class and… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The real mystery of marriage is not that husband and wife love each other so much that they can recognize God in… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Here is the God I want to believe in: a Father who, from the beginning of creation, has stretched out his arms… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“We cannot see God in the other person. Only God in us can see God in the other person.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Spiritual reading, therefore, is slow, deliberate, meditative reading in which we allow the words to penetrate our heart and question our spirit.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The mystery of ministry is that we have been chosen to make our own limited and very conditional love the gateway for the unlimited… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Jesus changes our history from a random series of sad incidents and accidents into a constant opportunity for a change of heart.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Why should a man marry and have children, study and build a career; why should he invent new techniques, build new institutions, and develop… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that the Gospel proved useful for my many worries but that the Gospel proved the uselessness of my worries and so refocused… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“But mortification - literally, "making death" - is what life is all about, a slow discovery of the mortality of all that is created… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Christians should put survival of the planet ahead of national security...Here is the mystery of our global responsibility: that we are in communion with… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“We want to live as people chosen, blessed, and broken, and thus become food for the world.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Those who really can receive bread from a stranger and smile in gratitude, can feed many without even realizing it. Those who can sit… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Whereas discipline without discipleship leads to rigid formalism, discipleship without discipline ends in sentimental romanticism.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“When God makes a covenant with us, God says: 'I will love you with an everlasting love. I will be faithful to you, even… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Am I afraid to die? I am every time I let myself be seduced by the noisy voices of my world telling me that… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
