This is the second book I've read by the author. It is written in a easy to understand format and not over the top, as so many religious book are today. The author is Roman Cholithic and doesn't lose view that his audience may not be, cause I'm pros taint, and a United Methodist Clergy. This was a required text for a Cousse of Study class that my denomination requires me to take. It tells of how a clergy becomes wounded during their years of service in ministry. Through that experience it helps them relate to others problems and grief, we are not robots without our own emotions and depressions. How to cope with and suffer with the laitity, that will end up healing, not curing, the both of you. Well written by someone who's been ther, done that, type of approach.
This book is a revelation on healing, pain, and how it all fits together. Few books have had an impact on me as this one did. I read it more than 10 yrs ago the first time, and it continues to influence my view of God, injustice, pain, and humanity in a way that I am deeply thankful for. If you're tired of hearing well-meaning sayings like "everything happens for a reason" or "God knows what He's doing", then Henri's writing in this book can give you a perspective that is multidimensional in this area. While not negating the previous statements that people so often say, Henri offers a process of learning to see interrelationships between our experiences, our fellow humans, and God, and he offers evoking questions that will find you down the path further that you ever would have thought. Like Kubler-Ross' book "On death and dying", this is a seminal work not only on how to deal with pain and grief, but how to understand it in terms of our own personal and spiritual growth. Of all Henri's wonderful writings, this one struck a chord within me that I didn't know how to voice until then. Thanks Henri.Read full review
It's a great book helps you understand the meaning of being humble and using your experiences and hardships in Life to help others.
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it was a really easy read and i enjoyed the dialogue that it made me have with classmates
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Deep, sincere, compelling, trustworthy. As I share it with another reader in a study we together have been deeply moved
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Perfect
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NOUWEN ARGUES THE MORE EXPERIENCES WE HAVE, THE BETTER WE ARE SITUATED TO HELP OTHERS. EMBRACING THE FULL GAMUT OF OUR SINS, SUFFERING [AND JOY] HELPS US PREPARE TO SHARE OUR STORY WITH OTHERS AND MOSTLY TO BE GOOD LISTENERS. EXCELLENT WRITING. GREAT MESSAGE.
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