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# Something for Sunday Morning
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/4668/
- Published: 2006-06-04T11:33:27.000Z
- Updated: 2006-06-04T11:33:27.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Religion, #wpChunk

The three compulsions of the world: to be relevant, to be spectacular, and to be powerful.

Henri Nouwen

I'd never heard it phrased that way, but those three categories seem to capture every temptation from the world: desire for fame, fortune, good reputation, respect, excellence. Nouwen has a way of capturing such things succintly and uniquely.