This revised edition features new prayers and questions for reflection to conclude each chapter. Nouwen has updated the entire text to reflect changes in the world and the church. Entirely new photos lead the reader to prayerfully consider the text. With simplicity and insight Henri Nouwen invites us to embark on a prayerful journey, to release our tightly clenched fists and open our hands to God. He leads us to confront our fear of silence to let go of our false securities and to enter the stillness of God's presence. There we discover the possibility of hope and begin to feel the pulse of the world. Nouwen reminds us that the process of opening our hands is a long spiritual journey of trust a motion to be repeated over and over again. Since it's publication in 1972, With Open Hands has spoken to people searching for God as well as those experienced in the joy and struggle of prayer. This edition offers substance for the spiritual hunger of contemporary seekers, inviting a new generation to open their hands to God in trust.
