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Inner Voice of Love A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom

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ISBN-10: 0385483481

ISBN-13: 9780385483483

Edition: N/A

Authors: Henri J. M. Nouwen

List price: $17.00
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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.…    
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Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/19/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.550
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
Introduction
A Suggestion to the Reader
Work Around Your Abyss
Cling to the Promise
Stop Being a Pleaser
Trust the Inner Voice
Cry Inward
Always Come Back to the Solid Place
Set Boundaries to Your Love
Give Gratuitously
Come Home
Understand the Limitations of Others
Trust in the Place of Unity
Remain Attentive to Your Best Intuitions
Bring Your Body Home
Enter the New Country
Keep Living Where God Is
Rely on Your Spiritual Guides
Go into the Place of Your Pain
Open Yourself to the First Love
Acknowledge Your Powerlessness
Seek a New Spirituality
Tell Your Story in Freedom
Find the Source of Your Loneliness
Keep Returning to the Road to Freedom
Let Jesus Transform You
Befriend Your Emotions
Follow Your Deepest Calling
Remain Anchored in Your Community
Stay with Your Pain
Live Patiently with the "Not Yet"
Keep Moving Toward Full Incarnation
See Yourself Truthfully
Receive All the Love That Comes to You
Stay United with the Larger Body
Love Deeply
Stand Erect in Your Sorrow
Let Deep Speak to Deep
Allow Yourself to Be Fully Received
Claim Your Unique Presence in Your Community
Accept Your Identity as a Child of God
Own Your Pain
Know Yourself as Truly Loved
Protect Your Innocence
Let Your Lion Lie Down with Your Lamb
Be a Real Friend
Trust Your Friends
Control Your Own Drawbridge
Avoid All Forms of Self-Rejection
Take Up Your Cross
Keep Trusting God's Call
Claim the Victory
Face the Enemy
Continue Seeking Communion
Separate the False Pains from the Real Pain
Say Often, "Lord, Have Mercy"
Let God Speak Through You
Know That You Are Welcome
Permit Your Pain to Become the Pain
Give Your Agenda to God
Let Others Help You Die
Live Your Wounds Through
For Now, Hide Your Treasure
Keep Choosing God
Conclusion