With Open Hands

by Henri J.M. Nouwen

Book Overview

From one of the world's most beloved authors, a series of reflections on life to help your prayers become a joy -- a spontaneous reaction to the world and the people around you. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877935459
• ISBN13: 9780877935452
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

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When you can't sleep at night due to worries, anxiety, lack of faith . . . open your hands!

A Help In Opening Ourselves To God

Henri Nouwen had a great ability to take something rather simple and ordinary, and use it a as way to help people understand and experience God. Nouwen's now classic book WITH OPEN HANDS is an excellent example of using a simple image to invite a person to prayer and a deeper experience of God. Clenched fists demonstrate being closed to God, and through reflections on prayer: silence, acceptance, hope, compassion, and prophetic criticism, Nouwen invites us to open our hands and thus, be open to God. This work is excellent for people who are new to prayer or are trying to discover new prayer techniques, but it is profound enough to help all people experience God.

Two ways to live: open to love or closed

Henry Nouwen's mystic approach speaks not only to the focus group he addressed in the 1970's, but is still current today. The issues are ageless. Open to love and live "freed" or close yourself and live in fear and bondage. This book resonates with the modern mystics among us.

A thoughtful look at prayer

This is a beautifully written and thoughtful perspective on prayer. It opens not only the hands but the mind and the soul as well. Written such that all faiths can enjoy this wonderful writer! Those who enjoy Henri Nouwen will find this one a must read.