We are all aging. We are each a spoke on the great wheel of life, part of the ongoing cycle of growth. In "Aging," Henri J.M. Nouwen and Walter J. Gaffney share some moving and inspirational thoughts on what aging means (and "can" mean) to all of us, whether we're in our youth, middle age, or later [...]

The Wounded Healer is a hope-filled and profoundly simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who want to be of service in their church or community, but have found the traditional ways often threatening and ineffective. In this book, Henri Nouwen combines creative case studies of minis[...]

This book expounds upon three essential Christian movements: intimacy--a close friendship with Christ and a connection to God and fellow men--fecundity--openness to change and growth--and ecstasy--the Gospel promise of joy[...]

A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's "The Return of the Prodigal Son" catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell.
In seizing the inspira[...]

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[...]

A synthesis of Henri Nouwen's integrated approach to spiritual formation which is both driven and tempered by his integral relationship with psychology, ministry, and theology.[...]

Ruminates on the problems, and possible solutions, in today's Christian leadership, offering a rethinking of how to lead, one based more firmly on divine guidance[...]

The spiritual life is not a life then and there, but a life here and now. It is a life in which the spirit of God is revealed in the ordinary encounters of everyday. In this book of meditations Henri Nouwen shows in a personal and insightful way that God is much closer to us than we usually realize.[...]

Before Nouwen became a bestselling spiritual author in his own right, he wrote a book on Thomas Merton and the eternal truths of the spiritual life.[...]

Carol Berry and her husband met and befriended Henri Nouwen when she sat in his course on compassion at Yale Divinity School in the 1970s. At the request of Henri Nouwen's literary estate, she has written this book, which includes unpublished material recorded from Nouwen's lectures. As an art educa[...]

Henri Nouwen offers a welcome message for today's increasingly chaotic times: "Come home to God, and you will no longer feel like a stranger to yourself or the world." His reflections on discipleship make an excellent study for Lent but can also be used anytime during the year by individuals or grou[...]

How service is prayer and prayer is service In this rich and deceptively simple book, beloved writer Henri Nouwen speaks--from the heart and from his own experience--of the joys and challenges of religious service. He shows how ministry cannot be separated from spirituality and reveals how anyone i[...]

Nouwen uses the story of the disciples on their way to Emmaus to offer us a richer understanding of the Eucharist. We discover that the journey of these two disciples is one we are all called to share. As we travel with them from mourning to discernment, from invitation to intimacy, and from communi[...]