"What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life."
Henri Nouwen

January 1, 1970

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In the Name of Jesus (1989)

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