Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love Henri talks about the fear of death and dying alone. He wanted to have the inner freedom to let go and trust that he would die well. He felt like the passage from time into eternity, from the transient beauty of this world to the…

Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love Today’s devotion is about giving our agenda to the Lord.  We can get very concerned with making the right choices about our work, about how to respond to the many needs of others, and about issues that want our attention etc. But we cannot allow…

8-12 Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book The Inner Voice of Love Today’s devotion is on knowing we are welcome. Henri acknowledges that his greatest fear is not being welcome in this life and also not being welcome in the life to follow after this. He had thoughts at times that it would have been better…

Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love The more clearly we see that our vocation is to witness to God’s love in this world, the more the attacks of the enemy will increase.  We may hear the enemy say we are worthless, unattractive, undesirable, unlovable, and have nothing to offer. The more…

Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love Henri writes about the fear of death. That fear is connected with the fear that we are not loved. As we come to know that we are loved fully and unconditionally, we will also come to know that we don’t have to fear death.  Love…

Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love All of us have experienced pain in our lives and it is often linked to some of our early childhood experiences.  We are called to bring that pain home. For if the wounded parts of us remain foreign to our adult self, our pain will…

Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of  Love Sometimes we blame others for difficulties we experience in relationships but we can also end up blaming ourselves. .  But self-blame is not a form of humility, it is a form of self-rejection. It is a form in which we ignore or deny our own…

Devotions based on Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love Each one of us must decide to whom we give access to our inner life. If we just allow others to walk in and out according to their needs and desires we may feel tired, irritated, resentful and used.  We might think of ourselves…

Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love Sometimes in our friendships we look for proof and concrete responses of their caring.  But when we really know we are loved by God, we can allow our friends the freedom to respond to our love in their way. They have their own histories and…

Devotions based on Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love Today’s devotion is on friendship and the importance to seek friends to whom we can relate from our center, the place where we know we are deeply loved. Friendships happen when we accept ourselves as deeply loved and then are able to love others…