{"id":30244,"date":"2019-05-16T09:10:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=30244"},"modified":"2026-08-23T06:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:33:27","slug":"contemplative-mystic-jean-vanier-dies-90-but-influence-over-rick-warren-will-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/contemplative-mystic-jean-vanier-dies-90-but-influence-over-rick-warren-will-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemplative Mystic Jean Vanier Dies (90), But Influence Over Rick Warren  Will Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/jean-vanier-wikipedia-423x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30247\" style=\"width:186px;height:264px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean Vanier in 2012; from Wikipedia; used with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God\u2019s Dream for humanity is the gradual realization that we can become One.\u2014Jean Vanier (1)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 7th, Canadian Catholic humanitarian, Jean Vanier, died at the age of 90.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/obituaries\/la-me-jean-vanier-developmentally-disabled-dead-20190507-story.html\">2<\/a> Vanier, founder of L&#8217;Arche where Henri Nouwen spent the last ten years of his life, was a major proponent of contemplative spirituality, believing that all religions lead to God. In Roger Oakland&#8217;s report,<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240912065556\/http:\/\/www.understandthetimes.org\/commentary\/c146rickwarren.shtml\"> &#8220;Rick Warren, Jean Vanier, and the New Evangelization,&#8221; <\/a>Oakland states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vanier  is a  contemplative  mystic  who  promotes  interspiritual  and  interfaith  beliefs,  calling  the  Hindu  Mahatma  Gandhi  \u201cone of  the  greatest  prophets  of our  times\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240912065556\/http:\/\/www.understandthetimes.org\/commentary\/c146rickwarren.shtml\">3<\/a>  and \u201ca  man sent  by God.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240912065556\/http:\/\/www.understandthetimes.org\/commentary\/c146rickwarren.shtml\">4<\/a>  In the  book <em> Essential  Writings<\/em>,  Vanier  talks  about  \u201copening  doors to  other  religions\u201d  and  helping  people  develop  their  own  faiths  be it  Hinduism,  Christianity,  or  Islam.<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240912065556\/http:\/\/www.understandthetimes.org\/commentary\/c146rickwarren.shtml\">5<\/a> \u00a0The  book  also  describes\u00a0how  Vanier  read  Thomas  Merton  and  practiced  and was  influenced  by the  spiritual  exercises  of the  Jesuit  founder  and  mystic  St.  Ignatius. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This description of Vanier is certainly fitting for a Catholic contemplative mystic, but what about &#8220;America&#8217;s Pastor,&#8221; Rick Warren? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oakland&#8217;s report documents comments made by Rick Warren in 2014 in an interview with Catholic television host Raymond Arroyo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The  following  question  was  asked by  Raymond  Arroyo:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The  Vatican  recently  sent a  delegation  here to  Saddleback\u2014the  pontifical  council\u2014the  academy  for  life.  Tell me  what  they  discovered  and why  did they  come?  This is  a  sizeable  group.                                                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240912065556\/http:\/\/www.understandthetimes.org\/commentary\/c146rickwarren.shtml\">6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Warren\u2019s  response  was  immediate  and  enthusiastic.  He said:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> It was.  They  were  about 30  bishops  from  Europe.  One of  the men  had been  actually  trained  and  mentored  by Jean  Vanier,  which is  an  interesting  thing  because  we have  a  retreat  center  here [at Saddleback] and  <em>my  spiritual  director<\/em>,  who grew  up at  Saddleback,  actually  went and <em> trained  under  Jean  Vanier<\/em>  too. So <em> I am  very  excited  about  that. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240912065556\/http:\/\/www.understandthetimes.org\/commentary\/c146rickwarren.shtml\">7<\/a> (emphasis added) [<strong>LTRP Note:<\/strong> &#8220;Spiritual director&#8221; is a person involved with contemplative prayer who &#8220;mentors&#8221; someone having contemplative esoteric experiences.]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> While  the term  \u201cspiritual  director\u201d  or the  name  Jean  Vanier  may not  mean  much to  you  unless  you are  versed  on  contemplative  mystical  spirituality,  this  admission  by  Warren  provides  conclusive  evidence  of his  endorsement  of Roman  Catholic  monastic  mysticism  and all  that  goes  along  with it.  The fact  he  mentions  he has  his  \u201cown\u201d  spiritual  director  located  at  Saddleback  who was  trained  under  the  leadership  of Jean  Vanier  is even  more  significant. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those who have read Lighthouse Trails material for a while, you know that we have documented scores of information showing that Rick Warren is a strong proponent of contemplative spirituality. To know that his own &#8220;spiritual director&#8221; was trained under Jean Vanier should send shock waves through the evangelical church. But, of course, that has not happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jean Vanier is gone now, but his influence over Rick Warren, Saddleback, and countless other people will only multiply as an apostate church races to the finish line with the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God\u2019s house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her own way to God.\u2014<strong>Henri Nouwen<\/strong>,<em> Sabbatical Journey<\/em>, p. 51<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My wife, Kay, recommends this book [<em>In the Name of Jesus<\/em> by Henri Nouwen]: \u201cIt\u2019s a short book, but it hits at the heart of the minister. It mentions the struggles common to those of us in ministry: the temptation to be relevant, spectacular and powerful. I highlighted<em> almost every word<\/em>!\u201d\u2014<strong>Rick Warren quoting Kay Warren<\/strong> on the Ministry Toolbox <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081227044856\/http:\/\/legacy.pastors.com\/RWMT\/?ID=54\">(Issue #54, 6\/5\/2002<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the discipline of contemplative prayer, Christian leaders have to learn to listen to the voice of love . . . For Christian leadership to be truly fruitful in the future, a movement from the moral to the mystical is required.\u2014<strong>Henri Nouwen<\/strong>, <em>In the Name of Jesus<\/em>, pp. pp. 6, 31-32<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=1355\">Henri Nouwen\u2019s Affinity Toward Eastern Mysticism  \u2013 A Valid Reason Why Christian Teachers and Leaders Should Not Promote Him<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God\u2019s Dream for humanity is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":30247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,182,43,114,29,311,89],"tags":[32,35,2917,2921,138,309,1205,2338,2358,2748],"class_list":["post-30244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-purpose-driven-movement","category-the-new-evangelization","category-contemplative-organizations","category-churches-in-crisis","category-contemplative-spirituality","category-saddleback","category-road-to-rome","tag-henri-nouwen","tag-rick-warren","tag-hinduism","tag-interspirituality","tag-catholicism","tag-interfaith","tag-kay-warren","tag-raymond-arroyo","tag-jean-vanier","tag-spiritual-director","wpcat-52-id","wpcat-182-id","wpcat-43-id","wpcat-114-id","wpcat-29-id","wpcat-311-id","wpcat-89-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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