Good families always ritualize the table. You can say, "This is a Christmas meal; this is a birthday meal."
Henri NouwenMy hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover... God's love in yours.
Henri NouwenWhat makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
Henri NouwenEach individual human being can claim the Spirit of Jesus as the guiding spirit of his or her life. In that Spirit we can speak and act freely and confidently with the knowledge that the same Spirit that inspired Jesus is inspiring us.
Henri Nouwen