Nouwen added some more insights, noting that “much church discussion today focuses on the morality of human behavior: premarital sex, divorce, homosexuality, birth control, abortion, and so on. Many people here become disillusioned with the church because of these issues.” But, he continues, this focus on morality diverts attention from “the life of the heart,” a term he uses for one’s relationship with God. “The heart is much wider and deeper than our affections,” he writes. “It is before and beyond the distinctions between sorrow and joy, anger and lust, fear and love. It is the place where
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