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Rick and Kay Warren Promote Henri Nouwen's Contemplative Book

Living Spiritual Teachers Project - Nouwen Favored mystic Andrew Harvey

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HIS WRITINGS
AND WHAT HE SAID IN THEM

The Way of the Heart
©1981
*Exhorts ministers of Christ to pattern their lives after desert fathers.
*Refers to true (higher self) and false self
*"Solitude is the furnace of transformation"

In the Name of Jesus
"Through the discipline of contemplative prayer, Christian leaders have to learn to listen to the voice of love ... For Christian leadership to be truly fruitful in the future, a movement from the moral to the mystical is required." 1989

Henri Nouwen and Homosexuality

Note: By writing by and about Henri Nouwen, it became clear that Nouwen believed he was a homosexual.

According to Evangelicals Concerned, a pro-homosexual online newsletter Henri Nouwen was not only supportive of homosexuals - he was gay himself.



This Roman Catholic priest and psychologist had been supportive of gay people and their relationships for many years ... more

Nouwen's homosexual orientation caused him terrible anguish and inner conflict

Acknowledging Nouwen's homosexual orientation .

"Absent from the CT (Christianity Today)memorial page was any mention of Nouwen's unconditionally loving insights that were so strongly supportive of actively homosexual Christians"—Evangelical's Concerned Newsletter

Henri Nouwen's Wounded Heart

Was Henri Nouwen a Contemplative?
"In his book, The Way of the Heart, Nouwen advised his readers: 'The quiet repetition of a single word can help us to descend with the mind into the heart ... This way of simple prayer ... opens us to God is active presence. '"(from A Time of Departing - Ray Yungen)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common terms used for this movement are "spiritual formation," "the silence," "the stillness," "ancient-wisdom," "spiritual disciplines," and many others.

Spiritual Formation: A movement that has provided a platform and a channel through which contemplative prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation being used, and in nearly every case you will find contemplative spirituality. In fact, contemplative spirituality is the heartbeat of the spiritual formation movement.