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April 17,2025
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This is a beautiful short book all about prayer. The thoughts shared about praying are inspiring.
April 17,2025
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"لقد وجدت أن الصلاة لها علاقة بالصمت، والقبول، والرجاء، والرحمة، وأيضًا النقد"

"أن تصلي معناه، إيقاف توقعك بأن يعاملك الله بنفس الأفق الضيق الذي تكتشفه داخلك. أن تصلي يعني أن تمشي في ضوء الله الباهر وأن تقول ببساطة دون تحفظ: "أنا مجرد إنسان وأنت إلهي." عند هذه اللحظة يبدأ التحول واستعادة العلاقة الحقيقية."
"الصلاة تعني استعداد تام لترك قناعاتك، وأن تتحرك إلى ما وراء ما أنت فيه الآن. وهذا يتطلب أن تترك منزلك لتمسك بالطريق مرة مرة تلو الأخرى، لتبحث دائمًا عن أرض جديدة لنفسك وللآخرين."
يا لها من كلمات نيرة..
April 17,2025
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This is a remarkably unpretentious view of prayer that (for me) transforms my thinking about prayer from an accepted tradition based in spiritual hocus pocus to a thoughtful and natural aspect of life. The last chapter on "Prayer and critique" is worth a whole book on its own.

Here's a quotation from that chapter:

In the end the life of prayer is a life with open hands -- a life where we are not ashamed of our weaknesses but realize that it is more prefer us to be led by the Other than to try to hold everything in our own hands. Only within this kind of life spoken prayer make sense. Prayer in church, at table, or in school is only a witness to what we want to make of our entire lives.
April 17,2025
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The first four chapters are light and alright. But the fifth — Prayer and Revolution — is explosive, along with the following conclusion. Strong, strong, strong. After reading this, what can I do but open my hands to the Lord, confessing I am mere man and he is Love, Lord, All?
April 17,2025
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My life would be significantly diminished without the continued influence of Henri Nouwen. While this is not my favorite of his books (that would be In The Name of Jesus), it's definitely shaped my understanding and practice of prayer.
April 17,2025
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في الصلاة، نحن بمثابة من يسير بثبات في رحلة حج. وفي طريقنا نقابل الكثير من الناس الذين يظهرون لنا شيئاً عن الله الذي نبحث عنه. ولن نعرف يوماً بالتأكيد، هل قد وصلنا الي الله ام لا، ولكننا نعرف أن هذا الإله هو دوماً جديد، ولهذا لا يوجد داعي للخوف
April 17,2025
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Beautiful book. Simple and profound. The retro photography in my edition from 1980 brings so much to the book. The written contents are meditative, peaceful, deep and thought provoking. The retro photographs warm my heart and bring so much life to the text.
Love this book and am so glad I picked it up!
April 17,2025
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كتاب يعطى أبعادا جديدا للصلاة
April 17,2025
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A subtle book. Meditative. The sort of book you return to again and again to grasp its subtleties.
April 17,2025
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نوين اتكلم عن الصلاة بشكل مختلف.

اتكلم عن عمق الصلاة وقوة الصلاة في ترسيخ علاقة حقيقية مع الله. اتكلم عن اهمية الصلاة وتأثير الصلاة الحقيقية على المصلي وعلى اللي حواليه.

اتكلم عن الانسان بذاته مش كامل ومحتاج اللي يكمله، ومفيش حاجة أو شخص ممكن يكمل الانسان غير اللي خلقه (الله). اتكلم عن إن لما الانسان يدرك إنه مش كامل هيبدأ يعذر اللي حواليه ويبدأ يصلي من أجلهم.

اتكلم عن جوهر الصلاة الحقيقية في إنها مش مجرد طلبات بتطلبها من الله وهو كأب حنين واجبه إنه يلبي الطلبات دي بس.

الكتاب وراني الصلاة بمنظور مختلف.
April 17,2025
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This book touched my soul. It truly speaks to you about prayer, and that time with God is not all neatly packaged with pretty ribbons and bows. This book helped me so much in understanding about letting go, and letting God. I pray for open hands. Beautiful book.
April 17,2025
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Over the summer, I picked up a lovingly used copy of this in a small used bookstore. I read the book in one sitting. The pictures are linked poignantly with the text, and often, the text is written in short enough blurbs that the reader is allowed to meditate on its meaning. This text, being one of Nouwen's first, is delightful in that it reveals currents of what Nouwen will flesh out in some of his later works like The Wounded Healer, The Way of the Heart, and The Life of the Beloved.
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