Letting Go of Usefulness – Mar. 5, 2020
“In solitude we can grow old freely without being preoccupied with our usefulness and we can offer a service which we had not planned on. To the degree that we have lost our dependencies on this world, whatever world means – father, mother, children, career, success or rewards – we can form a community of […]
Caring – Mar. 4, 2020
“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not-knowing, not-curing, not-healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is the friend who cares.” –Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude
Measuring Up – Mar. 3, 2020
“When we have sold our identity to the judges of this world, we are bound to become restless, because of a growing need for affirmation and praise. Indeed we are tempted to become low-hearted because of a constant self-rejection. And we are in serious danger of becoming isolated, since friendship and love are impossible without […]
Without Silence… – Mar. 2, 2020
“Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure. Somewhere we know that without a lonely place our actions quickly become empty gestures.” –Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude [Readings for this week may be found in Henri Nouwen’s book, Out of […]
