Adam: God's Beloved by Henri J M Nouwen
Henri Nouwen found a remarkable spiritual guide in a severely disabled young man named Adam. Excerpts from Adam: God's Beloved In our society plagued by fear, anxiety, loneliness, depression and a sense of being lost, we keep looking for guides. We so much hope that someone--a guru, spiritual director or soul friend--can help us make sense out of our confusion and can show us a way to inner wholeness, freedom and peace. I recognized that Adam's way, the way of radical vulnerability, was also the way of Jesus. Adam clearly challenged us the L'Arche Daybreak community] to trust that compassion, not competition, is the way to fulfill our human vocation. This challenge forced us to reexamine all the basic assumptions of our individual and action-oriented lives. I am a witness to Adam's truth. I know that I couldn't have told Adam's story if I hadn't first known Jesus' story. Jesus' story gave me eyes to see and ears to hear the story of Adam's life and death.
Henri J. M. Nouwen was a Dutch-born Catholic priest who left a highly acclaimed academic career at Harvard to share his life with people with mental disabilities as pastor of one of Jean Vanier's L'Arche communities in Toronto, Canada. He was the author of thirty-nine books, including many bestselling and influential titles such as The Return of the Prodigal Son, The Inner Voice of Love, and The Wounded Healer. He died in 1996. Gabrielle Earnshaw is a historian and founding archivist of the Henri Nouwen Archives in Toronto, Canada. She has been the adviser to the Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust for eighteen years and is consulted throughout the world on Nouwen and his literary legacy. She is the editor of Love, Henri and You Are the Beloved, drawn from the works of Henri Nouwen.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780232522464 |
| ISBN 10 | 0232522464 |
| Title | Adam: God's Beloved |
| Author | Henri J M Nouwen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
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