Glenn Harden

“Who can listen to a story of loneliness and despair without taking the risk of experiencing similar pains in his own heart and even losing his precious peace of mind? In short: “Who can take away suffering without entering it?”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society

“The world as it is is enough.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

“The task is not to “believe” in a life beyond this one; the task is to perceive it.”
― Christian Wiman, My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer

“I will wait for you' goes beyond death and is the deepest expression of the fact that faith and hope may pass but that love will remain forever. 'I will wait for you' is an expression of solidarity which breaks through the chains of death.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Wounded Healer