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Henri Nouwen

Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen, (Nijkerk, January 24, 1932 – Hilversum, September 21, 1996) was a Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian. His interests were rooted primarily in psychology, pastoral ministry, spirituality, social justice and community. Over the course of his life, Nouwen was heavily influenced by the work of Anton Boisen, Thomas Merton, Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh and Jean Vanier.

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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it ...

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The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an ...

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The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.

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Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.

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The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realis ...

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Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate re ...

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To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing t ...

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Just as people can watch spellbound a circus artist tumbling through the air in a phosphorized costu ...

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Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are p ...

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Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that some ...

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Spiritual identity means we are not what we do or what people say about us. And we are not what we h ...

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The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world ...

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How much longer will I live?'... Only one thing seems clear to me. Every day should be well-lived. W ...

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In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a cre ...

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Our Western society is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening ways, but the expe ...

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