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 impactedby 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.

“I admire and trust Wil Hernandez’s framing of Henri Nouwen’s thought in
terms of his natural ability to be a nondualistic thinker, and his ability to hold would-be tensions in a very creative balance. I think it was this passion that
drew us to one another. He lived and loved paradox, and knew there was a new
wisdom to be had if we held both sides of difficult questions face to face.
He invariably made both faces shine with a new brilliance.

I thank Wil Hernandez for continuing to study and disseminate the brilliant
gifts and Gospel-centered ministry of Henri Nouwen. This book, and his two
other previous studies on Nouwen, are now keeping us all on message!
Wil has become a friend of a friend, who was an inspired friend to all who love
The simple and wondrous Gospel of Life. His writings and his ministry
will stand the tests of time, because Henri Nouwen saw and
wrote from a bright and clear level that is always true”.

From the Foreword

Richard Rohr, O.F.M
Center for Action and Contemplation