Henri Nouwen’s particular universalist understanding of God is the result of his contemplative practices and yet his books continue to be recommended by seminaries and celebrity Christians alike.įrancis Chan and Mike Bickle, for instance, speaking before thousands, asked the audience to vow not to read any of Chan’s or Bickle’s books until they had first read Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart. It is wrong to promote a practitioner of contemplative prayer. (pg.81)īut Henri Nouwen was not hearing the “voice of God.” Contemplative prayer is essentially the same as Eastern or New Age meditation, and will take you into sweet deception. …a word or sentence repeated frequently can help us to concentrate, to move to the center, to create an inner stillness and thus listen to the voice of God. The quiet repetition of a single word can help us descend with the mind into the heart. In The Way of the Heart, Henri Nouwen explains contemplative prayer:
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