We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable… — 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… — 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
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… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In other words, first we must call people to communion with God, to intimacy with God, to a sense of belonging. Most… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I speak of God's love and grace and redemption and freedom, but when I say "in the context of this community," it… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The joy that compassion brings is one of the best-kept secrets of humanity. It is a secret known only to a very… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Ministers are tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy … But… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I am very grateful that I am in touch with so many different church groups. I am always very moved by the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Although we tend to think about saints as holy and pious, and picture them with halos above their heads and ecstatic gazes,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The great teachers are always those who can live the tension. They are not criticizing everybody, they're not complaining. They give young… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The central question is, Are the leaders of the future truly men and women of God, people with an ardent desire to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Just as people can watch spellbound a circus artist tumbling through the air in a phosphorized costume, so they can listen to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The third discipline is community. Whom do you choose as your companions? Whom do you choose to be friends with, to live… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Ministry is a very confronting service. It does not allow people to live with illusions of immortality and wholeness. It keeps reminding… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If we want other people to give us something that only God can give, we become a demon. We say, "Love me!"… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
To be baptized means to make the passage with the people of Israel and with Jesus from slavery to freedom and from… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, 'How can… — 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
