About the Author

HENRI NOUWEN (1932-1996) is the author of Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer and many other bestsellers. He was the senior pastor of L'Arche Daybreak in Toronto, Canada, a community where mentally disabled men and women and their assistants create a home together.

Michael J. Christensen is Director of the Shalom Initiative for Prophetic Leadership and Community Development at Drew University, New Jersey. He studied with Henri Nouwen at Yale Divinity School.

Rebecca Laird is Professor of Christian Ministry and Practice at Point Loma Nazarene University, California.

Reviews

Along with rich storytelling and moments of sharp insight, Nouwen offers a structured and highly disciplined approach to spiritual direction, not so much anchored in method as in meditation and surrender . . . Nouwen’s gift is to shatter the barriers between God and ourselves, inviting us to come home again like prodigals.
*America Magazine*

Everyone who knew Henri Nouwen knew that his spirit was too large, too life-giving to be defeated by death. This book is proof positive that his spirit lives on, offering many who never met Henri a chance to meet him now.
*Parker J. Palmer*

. . . a brilliant addition to Nouwen;s canon of work as a writer and will enrich both long-time Nouwen fans and newcomers to his wisdom.
*Publishers Weekly*

This book demystifies spiritual direction reminding us that it has been part of the history of the church for generations . . . [it] challenges us to look for God in the everyday and make connections with the Bible narrative in the hope that "we are able to recognise the Lord’s footprints and know the divine presence in every part of our lives".
*Country Way: Life and Faith in Rural Britain*

Read this book and you will understand why I chose Henri Nouwen as a companion on my own spiritual journey.
*Bill Moyers*