Discernment Reading the Signs of Daily Life

Name: Discernment Reading the Signs of Daily Life
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ISBN: 9780061686153

ISBN-10: 0061686158

ISBN-13: 9780061686153

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Authors: Henri J. M. Nouwen

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Henri Nouwen, the world-renowned spiritual guide and counselor, understood the spiritual life as a journey of faith and transformation that is deepened by accountability, community, and relationships. Though Henri counseled 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Trust, Michael Christensen—one of Nouwen's longtime students—and Rebecca Laird have taken his coursework, journals, and unpublished writings and created the definitive resource on spiritual discernment.This is the third book of a series. Spiritual Direction explores our core questions about the spiritual life as Nouwen acts…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/25/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

He was born in the Netherlands in 1932. An ordained priest and gifted teacher, he taught at several universities including Notre Dame, Harvard and Yale. He was a missionary in Peru. He died of a heart attack in 1996.



Acknowledgments


Preface: What This Book Is About


Foreword: Henri's Way of Discernment



Introduction: When There Is Darkness, Light



What Is Discernment?



Embracing the Practice in Solitude and Community



Distinguishing Spirits of Truth and Falsehood



Discerning Guidance in Books, Nature, People, and Events



Read the Way Forward



Read the Book of Nature



Pay Attention to People in Your Path



Discern the Signs of the Times



Discerning Vocation, Presence, Identity, and Time



Test the Call: Discerning Vocation



Open Your Heart: Discerning Divine Presence



Remember Who You Are: Discerning Identity



Know the Time: When to Act, When to Wait, When to Be Led


Epilogue: Discerning the Hidden Wholeness



We Drink from Our Own Wells: Discernment and Liberation




Henri Nouwen on Hearing a Deeper Beat




Spiritual Friendship and Mutual Discernment



Primary Sources and Notations


Notes


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