Monday, December 29, 2014

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Daily Meditation for Monday, 29 December 2014 "The MInistry That Never Ends"


Henri Nouwen Society - Daily Meditation
Monday, 29 December 2014 "A Ministry that Never Ends"
Reconciliation is much more than a one-time event by which a conflict is resolved and peace established.  A ministry of reconciliation goes far beyond problem solving, mediation, and peace agreements.  There is not a moment in our lives without the need for reconciliation.  When we dare to look at the myriad hostile feelings and thoughts in our hearts and minds, we will immediately recognize the many little and big wars in which we take part.  Our enemy can be a parent, a child, a "friendly" neighbor, people with different lifestyles, people who do not think as we think, speak as we speak, or act as we act.  They all can become "them."  Right there is where reconciliation is needed.
Reconciliation touches the most hidden parts of our souls.  God gave reconciliation to us as a ministry that never ends.
- Henri J. M. Nouwen  
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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.
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