Henri Nouwen
Henri Nouwen
Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen,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...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 January 1932
order community solitude
If you start with community and want to be faithful to community, you have to realize that what binds you together is not mutual compatibility or common tasks, but God. In order to stay in touch with that call to community, we always have to return to solitude.
solitude usefulness
In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.
profound solitude emergencies
Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.
spiritual solitude impossible
Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him.
community solitude feels
I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
people solitude embrace
If you meet God in solitude, you discover the God you meet is the God who embraces all people.
solitude transformation furnaces
Solitude is the furnace of transformation.
writing community solitude
Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or simply spend quiet time away from the places where we interact with each other directly, we are potentially opened for a deeper intimacy with each other.
reality solitude together
In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but rather an obedient response to the reality of our being united.
community solitude elements
Community always calls us back to solitude, and solitude always calls us to community. Community and solitude, both, are essential elements of ministry and witnessing.
real solitude fellowship
Solitude does not pull us away from our fellow human beings but instead makes real fellowship possible.
struggle solitude encounters
Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter.
solitude aliens realizing
In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.
self solitude our-society
Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false self.