Henri Nouwen Legacy



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This website is dedicated to promote the enduring legacy of Henri Nouwen, one of the greatest spiritual writers of the last century. It is owned and managed by Wil Hernandez whose Ph.D. dissertation work focused upon the study of Nouwen's counterintuitive and countercultural brand of spirituality.
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I want to personally welcome you to this special site devoted to celebrating and promoting the life and work of one of my spiritual heroes: Henri Nouwen. People all over the world have been extraordinarily impacted by the life of this “imperfect” saint of God. I invite you to join me in the continuing exploration of Nouwen’s unique spirituality, a spirituality that points us to Jesus, who specializes in working through imperfect vessels like you and me. On this welcome page, I freely share both my collected as well as random thoughts about Nouwen: his life, his work, his all-encompassing relationship — with God, with others, and with himself.



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The Mosaic That Shows Us the Face of God

A mosaic consists of thousands of little stones. Some are blue, some are green, some are yellow, some are gold. When we bring our faces close to the mosaic, we can admire the beauty of each stone. But as we step back from it, we can see that all these little stones reveal to us a beautiful picture, telling a story none of these stones can tell by itself.

That is what our life in community is about. Each of us is like a little stone, but together we reveal the face of God to the world. Nobody can say: "I make God visible." But others who see us together can say: "They make God visible." Community is where humility and glory touch. (Henri Nouwen)

Journeying with Henri Nouwen Finale Weekend Retreat

JOURNEYING WITH HENRI NOUWEN FINALE WEEKEND RETREAT
(August 20-22, 2010)

We had an experiential glimpse of the “mosaic” that Henri Nouwen speaks about as thirteen of us immersed ourselves for the past six months in community life via a series of three weekend retreats starting last mid-March. The composition of our group could not have been more diverse in a lot of ways. The age of the participants ranged from 26 to 83 years old with a mixture of Caucasians, African-American, Japanese-American, Taiwanese, Singaporean, and Filipino descent. Our small groups included young singles, single moms, a married couple, married men, a widow, among others, who are a blend of young and established professionals, retiree, graduate students, ministers, etc. coming from both evangelical and mainline protestant as well as Catholic backgrounds. Read more...

I've listed some Nouwen events I'll be involved in for the rest of this year (see Events). If you happen to be near an area where an event is taking place, do check it out and hopefully you can participate. Thank you for your interest in the propagation of Nouwen's enduring legacy.

 

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May 14-16, 2010
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