Key insights from
The Way of the Heart: Connecting with God Through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence
What you'll learn
You don’t have to wander into a desert like some ancient saints did to know who God is, but late professor and Dutch Catholic priest Henri Nouwen distills some of their wisdom to help people get out of their own heads and join God in the depths of their hearts. For Nouwen, true solitude of heart, God-inviting silence, and prayer from the heart are among the truest pathways to God’s embrace and genuine transformation.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 We desperately cling to a compulsive, false self when Jesus offers to become our new self.
- 2 Solitude is fuel for the inner furnace of transformation.
- 3 Sometimes silence is more edifying for the soul than speech.
- 4 If we think of prayer as just talking to God or thinking about God, it won’t be long before we give up praying altogether.
- 5 Unceasing prayer from a heart of rest is what connects us to God and changes us.
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