Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Nouwen Meditation: Writing Reveals What is Alive in Us

"Now & Then" Podcast
In this week's episode of "Now & Then", we get to listen to Henri Nouwen's third sermon from the Crystal Cathedral in 1992. Inspiring as always, Henri teaches us about the three disciplines which can help us open a space within to hear God speaking to us.

DAILY MEDITATION | AUGUST 25, 2020
Writing Reveals What is Alive in Us
Writing is a process in which we discover what lives in us. The writing itself reveals to us what is alive in us. The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write. To write is to embark on a journey whose final destination we do not know. Thus, writing requires a real act of trust. We have to say to ourselves: “I do not yet know what I carry in my heart, but I trust that it will emerge as I write.” Writing is like giving away the few loaves and fishes one has, trusting that they will multiply in the giving. Once we dare to “give away” on paper the few thoughts that come to us, we start discovering how much is hidden underneath these thoughts and gradually come in touch with our own riches.
"Oh that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll...”

JOB 19:23 (NIV)
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