Henri Nouwen in one of his more playful moments. He wrote a lot about being in community and in his book “A Spirituality of Living,” he wrote: “By community I don’t mean formal communities. I mean families, friends, parishes, 12-Step Programs, prayer groups.”
Community is not easy. Parker Palmer once observed that community is “the place where the person you least want to live with always lives.”
In Jesus’ community of the twelve disciples, that last name was that of someone who was going to betray him. That person is always in our community somewhere.
In the eyes of others, we might be that person.
— Henri Nouwen in A Spirituality of Living
More on Henri Nouwen hère.
More on Parker Palmer here.
And more James Taylor (and him in with lots of hair–that’s how old these oldie goldies are).
Until next time . . . good night, you moonlight ladies.
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