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The Contemplative Critic

In The Wounded Healer, Henri J. Nouwen talks about the conundrum of being both a person who experiences pain, despair, and spiritual desert living in a broken world, and the call to interact with the world in a way that brings glory to God’s name. He writes, How can the Christian leader direct their explosive… Continue reading
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Just one more chapter…

As a child, I was a voracious reader. I remember reading by flashlight at night after I had been tucked into bed, furtively listening for the creak of the stairs that would signal a parent coming up to check that us kids were asleep. I swore by my family’s motto: Always Bring a Book. I… Continue reading