Burning house Quote by Henri J.M. Nouwen

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“We want to live as people chosen, blessed, and broken, and thus become food for the world.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

“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

“Whereas discipline without discipleship leads to rigid formalism, discipleship without discipline ends in sentimental romanticism.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

“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

“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