Tags: Henri Nouwen

• quoteable quote: community

  Here’s a cup of community,….. from Henri Nouwen. “Community is like a large mosaic. Each little piece seems so insignificant. One piece is bright red, another cold blue or dull green, another warm purple, another sharp yellow, another shining gold. Some look precious, others ordinary. Some look valuable, others worthless. Some look gaudy, others delicate. As individuals stones, we can do little with them except compare them and judge their beauty and value. When, however, all these little stones are [...]

• Lent begins….

  Here’s the words and wisdom of Henri Nouwen in a prayer:- “The Lenten season begins. It is a time to be with you, Lord, in a special way, a time to pray, to fast, and thus to follow you on your way to Jerusalem, to Golgotha, and to the final victory over death. I am still so divided. I truly want to follow you, but I also want to follow my own desires and lend an ear to the voices [...]

• quoteable quote:- community

  “Community is the place where the person you least want to live with, always lives.“ Henri Nouwen

• presence in the darkness?

  “People who come to know the joy of God do not deny the darkness, but they choose not to live in it. They claim that the light that shines in the darkness can be trusted more that the darkness itself and that a little bit of light can dispel a lot of darkness. They point each other to flashes of light here and there, and remind each other that they reveal the hidden but real presence of God” Henri Nouwen