Feb 14, 2008
God's love sets me free to enter into community with other people-even when the community is a very limited one and is not the total communion that my heart desires. Only when I live in communion with God can I live in a community that is not perfect. Only then can I love the other person and create a space in which we might be quite distant or very close, but we can still allow something new to be born-a child, friendship, joy, community, a space where strangers and guests can be received.
- Henri Nouwen
Lecture at Scarritt-Bennett Center
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