Ben Wilson, LPC

Wayne Muller on Henri Nouwen.

Henri Nouwen was a dear friend of mine, a brother, priest and mentor. He was also a fiercely astute observer of our worried, overfilled lives. Henri insisted that the noise of our lives made us deaf, unable to hear when we are called, or from which direction. Henri said our lives have become absurd--because in the word absurd we find the latin word surdus, which means deaf. In our spiritual life we need to listen to the God who constantly speaks but whom we seldom hear in our hurried deafness.