by Abigail Alleman | Apr 7, 2014 | henri nouwen, Hope, lessons from the hill, Living for Him, Spiritual Practices
“Solitude is the place of the great struggle and the great encounter—the struggle against the compulsions of the false self, and the encounter with the loving God who offers himself as the substance of the new self.” ~Henri Nouwen “The Way of the Heart”I thought this...
by Abigail Alleman | Nov 3, 2010 | henri nouwen, Reflections, Walk with Him Wednesday, Writing
Words have been clamoring too much and often these days.A tangled mess of lies, fears, standards, self-seeking, life-ebbing words. Too many and too few.Too few of the weighty words. The words that have meaning.Too little silence to digest the words I...
by Abigail Alleman | Apr 29, 2010 | henri nouwen
Making Our Lives Available to OthersOne of the arguments we often use for not writing is this: “I have nothing original to say. Whatever I might say, someone else has already said it, and better than I will ever be able to.” This, however, is not a good...
