I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time …

Henri Nouwen
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I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time is spiritual and that we need places where people can grow stronger in the spirit and be able to integrate the emotional struggles in their spiritual journeys. ✨ Henri J. M. Nouwen (2016). Love, Henri: Letters on the Spiritual Life, p.266, Hachette UK
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