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- Nouwen’s letters chronicle his lifelong struggles with celibacy, his disaffection with academia and his prolonged recovery from a nervous breakdown among the many spiritual stations that marked his remarkable journey.
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Oct 4, 2016 · Nouwen’s letters chronicle his lifelong struggles with celibacy, his disaffection with academia and his prolonged recovery from a nervous breakdown — among the many spiritual stations that ...
Gabrielle Earnshaw, who edited a collection of 204 of Henri Nouwen’s nearly 4,000 letters to people all over the world, said they provide a a glimpse of his view of a spiritual life and a satisfying congruity with the personality his readers have found in his 39 books.
Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen[pronunciation?] (January 24, 1932 – September 21, 1996) was a Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian. His interests were rooted primarily in psychology, pastoral ministry, spirituality, social justice and community.
The result is a book written in the form of a letter to Fred and his friends about Nouwen’s signature insight that we are all the beloved children of God and that we can live our lives trusting in this truth of our identity.
Nouwen believed that what is most personal is most universal. He wrote, “By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.” His spirit lives on in the work of the Henri Nouwen Society, Henri Nouwen Stichting (Holland), the Henri Nouwen Legacy
Oct 29, 2021 · In 1985, when he was 53 years old, Nouwen left academia to become a pastor for L’Arche Daybreak, a community for people with mental and physical disabilities just north of Toronto. He died in 1996 at the age of 64 of a heart attack. Nouwen’s main focus was the Christian spiritual life.
Oct 20, 2016 · Rich in spiritual insights as well as touching details of Henri's daily life, the letters are organised around themes that emerge not just in his correspondence but in his writing, too:...
