With Open Hands

By Henri J.M. Nouwen

Book Overview

With Open Hands, Henri Nouwen's first book on spirituality and a treasured introduction to prayer, has been a perennial favorite for over thirty years because it gently encourages an open, trusting stance toward God and offers insight to the components of prayer: silence, acceptance, hope, compassion, and prophetic criticism. Provocative questions invite reflection and self-awareness, while simple and beautiful prayers provide comfort, peace, and reassurance. With more than half a million copies printed in seven languages, this spiritual classic has been reissued for a new generation with moving photography and a foreword by Sue Monk Kidd.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594710643
• ISBN13: 9781594710643
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 6.9"

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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.