Anselm Grun arrives to Taiwan to promote spiritual wholeness

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October 18~24, 2010

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Anselm Grun arrives to Taiwan to promote spiritual wholeness



Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong, Lin Yi-ying



Written by Lydia Ma



Anselm Gruen, a German Benedictine padre and author of more than 300 
books on spirituality, 

arrived to Taiwan on October 18, 2010. Gruen’s books have so far sold 
more than 14 million 

copies and have been translated into 30 languages – including 
Chinese. Gruen is also a 

spiritual counselor to many managers and he is often invited to give 
lectures on how to minister 

to people’s hearts. He will embark on a nationwide tour of Taiwan for 
a week, making stops in 

Hualien, Taipei, Taichung, Changhua, Hsinchu, Tainan, Chiayi, and 
Kaohsiung.



As Gruen got ready to take the stage in Hualien and introduce “The 
art of enriching your heart”, 

he was greeted with a thunderous applause. His presentation were 
inspired from 7 statements 

Jesus uttered while on the cross which he deduced to 7 themes, 
namely, forgiveness, hope, 

love, trust, transformation, healing, and spiritual formation. Gruen 
said if people would practice 

these virtues in their daily lives, their hearts would overflow with 
contentment and wealth.



He emphasized on the importance of reciting Psalms as a means of 
turning our deepest fears 

into a place of acceptance where we finally accept ourselves because 
we understand how 

precious we are in God’s eyes. But this place of acceptance and trust 
in God is only possible 

when we draw near to God everyday and consequently take lightly 
people’s comments or 

acceptance of ourselves. 



Gruen encouraged his listeners to lay bare their weaknesses before 
God instead of hiding 

them, and allow God to transform them from the inside out.



Gruen’s first stop in Taiwan was PCT Headquarters where he met with 
General Assembly 

leaders to discuss and pray for this upcoming tour. He especially 
thanked PCT for hosting him 

and for taking a big step forward in ecumenism.



During a time of sharing, Gruen referred to passages found in the 
books of James and Mark to 

emphasize that when Jesus proclaimed that the kingdom of heaven was 
near, he wasn’t only 

alluding to spiritual revival, but also physical healing. 



He added that physicians and science can heal a person’s body, but 
preachers are called to 

speak to and heal a person’s heart and lead a person into 
self-acceptance and spiritual revival 

through proclaiming and believing God’s word. 



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