false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175580926m/533080.jpg 533080 4 Henri Nouwen's devotional writings are effective because their revealing, personal voice invites readers to share an effortless intimacy with him. This literary intimacy, in turn, helps many readers achieve greater closeness with others and with God. Michael Ford's biography of Nouwen, <I>Wounded Prophet</I>, draws on interviews with Nouwen's colleagues and close friends who describe Nouwen, predictably, as the generous and loving man readers have met through Nouwen's books. Yet Ford's biography also contains some striking surprises about the extreme loneliness and anxiety that plagued Nouwen throughout his life. <I>Wounded Prophet</I> is especially insightful regarding the connections between Nouwen's homosexuality, which he grappled with in earnest during the last years of his life, and his theology, which became increasingly grounded in the life of the senses during that same period. Ford has a clear understanding of and deep compassion for his subject, whose vocation he summarizes beautifully near the end of the book: "Like many mystics, Henri Nouwen was in tune with the energy of divine life, passionate about Jesus, and committed to speaking words of hope from his own mysterious anguish. It was a vocation for connecting the spiritual with the earthbound." <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 520621 book 1999 Wounded Prophet: A Portrait of Henri J.M. Nouwen total:15|5:4|4:5|3:5|1:1| 15 56 26 1 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 10 19:37:24 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 16:53:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 05:47:42 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 05:47:42 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 13:18:49 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:18:49 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 20:47:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 20:47:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:50:12 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 00:50:52 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jan 04 16:44:47 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 01 12:53:55 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 16:44:47 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Wed Nov 19 19:43:59 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 19:43:59 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 13 09:28:43 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 09:28:43 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 12 08:13:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 08:13:00 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Aug 07 06:50:25 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 06:50:25 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Aug 04 00:06:40 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 00:06:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 01 07:28:37 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 07:28:37 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jun 28 19:07:11 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 19:07:11 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed May 21 20:54:32 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 20:54:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Apr 18 20:02:35 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 20:02:35 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Mar 19 19:48:10 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 19:48:23 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Mar 01 20:39:37 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 20:39:37 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Feb 27 06:20:05 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 06:20:05 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Feb 10 17:05:28 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 17:05:28 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Feb 01 09:20:51 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 09:20:56 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=533080