Henri Joseph Michiel Nouwen Book order (chronological)

Een ogenschijnlijk onbeduidende confrontatie met een poster waarop een detail van Rembrandts <em>De terugkeer van de verloren zoon</em> stond afgebeeld, vormde voor Henri Nouwen het begin van een geestelijk avontuur. In het hart van dit avontuur staan dit schilderij en de parabel van de Verloren Zoon. Vanuit zijn eigen ervaringen schetst Henri Nouwen de gevoelens van de vader, de oudere zoon en de jonge zoon. Hij nodigt ons uit om Rembrandts meesterwerk, dat de parabel van de scheppende, onvoorwaardelijke en bevrijdende liefde van God op onnavolgbare wijze afbeeldt, op een nieuwe en directe manier te zien en te begrijpen.

This is Henri Nouwen's "secret journal." It was  written during the most difficult period of his life, when he suddenly lost his self-esteem,  his energy to live and work, his sense of being loved, even his hope in God. Although he experienced excruciating anguish and despair, he was still able to keep a journal in which he wrote a spiritual imperative to himself each day that emerged from his conversations with friends and supporters.For more than eight years, Henri Nouwen felt that what he wrote was too raw and private to share with others. Instead, he published The Return of the Prodigal Son, in which he expressed some of the insights gained during his mental and spiritual crisis. But then friends asked him, "Why keep your anguish hidden from the many people who have been nurtured by your writing? Wouldn't it be of consolation for many to know about the fierce inner battle that lies underneath so many of your spiritual insights?"For the countless men and women who have to live through the pain of broken relationships, or who suffer from the loss of a loved one, this book about the inner voice of love offers new courage, new hope, even new life.

Religieuze overdenking over het overwinnen van de negatieve krachten van de angst door liefde.