In the final year before his death in 1996, Henri Nouwen began to write an account of the death of his friend Adam, a severely handicapped young man from the L'Arche Daybreak Community. In the story of Adam he found a way to describe his own understanding of the Gospel message. Adam could not speak [...]

Can we drink this cup as Jesus did? Henri Nouwen not only raises that question but also wrestles with it on every page. With stories from his family life and his life with people with mental disabilities he challenges us to drink our cup to the bottom, thereby letting it become the cup of our salvat[...]

En åndelig klassiker. I en personlig og engasjerende tekst drar forfatteren oss inn i spørsmålet: Hva vil det si å leve et liv i Jesu Kristi ånd? Nouwen er en sentral forfatter innen åndelighetslitteraturen i vår tid. I Norge er han mest kjent for bestselgeren Den bortkomne sønn vender hjem[...]

First released in 1995, this spiritual classic continues to be a bestseller, as thousands each year accept Marjorie Thompson's invitation to the Christian spiritual life. Offering a framework for understanding the spiritual disciplines and instruction for develop-ing and nurturing those practices, S[...]