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Discernment
Reading the Signs of Daily Life
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This book is ideal for readers interested in spirituality, personal growth, and Christian faith. It particularly suits those seeking guidance in understanding God's call and dealing with inner struggles like loneliness and doubt. Both longtime followers of Henri Nouwen and newcomers to his teachings will find valuable insights here.
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See moreHenri Nouwen understood the spiritual life as a journey of faith and transformation that is deepened by accountability, community and relationships. And the practice of discernment is about how to read the 'signs of the times' in daily life in order to know what to do next.
In this challenging and motivating read, Henri Nouwen urges readers to seek the beating heart of God
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An absolute gift to mind and soul.
Phyllis Tickle, author of Emergence Christianity
Henri Nouwen's legacy of spiritual writings, drawn from his own experience of loneliness, depression, exhaustion and struggles with discerning God's calling on his life, continues to offer guidance and reassurance to the prodigal heart seeking the road home to the Father God's ready acceptance and loving embrace.
From his life alongside the disabled in the l'Arche Daybreak community, Toronto, the world-renowned spiritual guide and counsellor learned to understand the spiritual life as a journey of faith and transformation that is deepened by accountability, community, and relationships. Though Henri counselled many people during his lifetime, his principles of discernment were never collected into a single volume.
Now, in association with the Nouwen Legacy Trust, Michael Christensen - one of Nouwen's longtime students - and Rebecca Laird, his coursework, journals, and unpublished writings are collected to create the definitive resource on spiritual discernment. In these pages, Henri Nouwen emphasizes listening to the Word of God - in our hearts, in the Bible, in the community of faith, and in the voice of the poor as a way to discern God's plan.
For most people, the very word discernment implies something heady, private and maybe even elitist. Henri Nouwen, as always, makes seemingly complex things personal, practical, intelligent and very readable - all at the same time! This is a rich and helpful book.
Richard Rohr, author of Falling Upward
Nouwen artfully explores how nature, our neighbours and our own hearts reveal God's active presence all around us. Life-giving and beautiful, yet practical and wise, he invites all those who doubt, feel lost, wounded or broken to discover the beating heart of love at the centre of the world.
Diana Butler Bass, author of Christianity After Religion
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Nouwen's work is described as both deeply personal and accessible, turning complex spiritual discernment into a practical, readable experience. Critics praise it as life-giving, beautiful, and wise, inviting those who feel lost or broken to discover love's central presence. It's hailed as a rich and helpful book, an absolute gift to mind and soul by renowned authors such as Diana Butler Bass, Richard Rohr, and Phyllis Tickle.
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ISBN: 9780281071449
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 July 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: SPCK Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 329g
Pages: 192
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.
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