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The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey
Henri Nouwen's intimate, inspiring diary of his first year in the L'Arche community called Daybreak, where he now makes his home and practices his ministry.
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
September 1st 1990
by Image
(first published 1988)
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A beautiful collection of his diaries during the time of transition from the prestige of Harvard to the life he found in moving into a community that aids people with handicap. In doing this, he was able to find the calling that he was looking for although he was fairly hesitant at first. It's interesting to see all the happenings that took place in him moving there and the experience of that transition, but in some cases I was left feeling like I wanted a book he had specifically written as o...more
Inspiring.
Very good. I read this en route to see my brother one last time. I did not make it. This book was a tremendous comfort and reminder about what is really important this side of heaven.
Loved it. Nouwen shares his thoughts on vocation and calling in the context of his experience of a sabbatical stay at a house for people with severe mental and physical disabilities.
One of my favorite spiritual writers. Insightful journal of his road to becoming a member of Daybreak, a home for handicapped men and women.
In this book Nouwen shared his struggles and questions. From him I learned that christians are humans too...
A deeply stirring book
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Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen (Nouen), (1932–1996) was a Dutch-born Catholic priest and writer who authored 40 books on the spiritual life.
Nouwen's books are widely read today by Protestants and Catholics alike. The Wounded Healer, In the Name of Jesus, Clowning in Rome, The Life of the Beloved, and The Way of the Heart are just a few of the more widely recognized titles. After nearly two...more
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Nouwen's books are widely read today by Protestants and Catholics alike. The Wounded Healer, In the Name of Jesus, Clowning in Rome, The Life of the Beloved, and The Way of the Heart are just a few of the more widely recognized titles. After nearly two...more
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“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”
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