false <![CDATA[The Inner Voice of Love]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165609759m/7229.jpg 7229 5 <I>The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom</I> is a collection of passages from Henri Nouwen's journals, written during a period when his self-esteem evaporated, his energy to work disappeared, and God seemed entirely unreal. This is not a book to be read straight through: each short chapter takes time to digest, because, like the following passage, each of Nouwen's thoughts has the raw complexity of real honesty: <blockquote>Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or repressed. But you have to keep searching for your body's deeper need, the need for genuine love. Every time you are able to go beyond the body's superficial desires for love, you are bringing your body home and moving toward integration and unity.</blockquote> <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 973832 1996 The Inner Voice of Love total:309|5:163|4:108|3:32|2:6|1:0| 309 1355 452 45 5 1 false false Thu Oct 16 20:33:22 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 15:42:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 07:36:24 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:09:20 -0800 2008
My reaction to this book was deeply personal and disturbing. This book is a compilation of Nouwen's journal entries over a series of months when he felt...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 02 15:04:17 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 15:08:14 -0700 2008
In the late 80’s Nouwen fell into a deep depression that he could only describe as a daily agony. During this time, he gave the world...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 07 18:51:12 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 07 21:40:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 18:18:39 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 18:04:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 31 19:56:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 10 11:47:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 18:35:09 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 18:39:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 08 08:00:01 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 08:03:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 17 10:09:23 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 09:44:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 03 09:59:08 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:01:04 -0800 2009 5 0 true false Sat Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 12 15:36:29 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 15:47:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 10 04:30:36 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 04:32:15 -0800 2009 God's love is the greatest of all!

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I have profited from all Nouwen's books, but this and The Return of the Prodigal have been the most important.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Fri Nov 02 18:48:23 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 18:49:59 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7229