Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Nouwen Meditation: Writing Reveals What is Alive in Us

As we continue to commemorate and celebrate the life of Henri Nouwen throughout 2021, we are pleased to announce an online book discussion beginning on Wednesday, September 1st. Join us as we read and discuss Nouwen’s Beyond the Mirror: Reflections on Death and Life.

DAILY MEDITATION | AUGUST 25, 2021
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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