Voices
The Rev. Henri J. M. Nouwen was the author of more than 40 books on the spiritual life, including The Wounded Healer and The Way of the Heart.
FaithVantage Point
St. Paul does not ask us to spend some of every day in prayer. No, he asks us to pray day and night, in joy and in sorrow, at work and at play, without intermission or breaks.
During the last few months I have been grappling with the complex question of how the different ministries within the church are interrelated. Just when I was tempted to draw an intricate chart with red, purple and black lines, some exciting fold-outs and many arrows pointing this way and that, I came across a very simple story about a monk and a cripple: