| This is classic Nouwen - you can hear the whisper that you are beloved and the gentle invitation to do something small and beautiful for God in the world. | | - Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution I always knew I was in the presence of a spiritual master when I was with Henri Nouwen. Here are some simple, wise words that will allow the master to continue to teach. - Richard Rohr, O.F.M., author of Everything Belongs | |
 | | Dr. Michael Christensen at the Henri J.M. Nouwen Archives and Research Collection at the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, working on the third and final book in the series, Spiritual Discernment, due for release in 2013. 
Jessica Barr, Archives Assistant and Dr. Michael Christensen
Photo Credits Henri Nouwen by Kevin Dwyer Photos taken in the Nouwen Archives by M. Wright |
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| | | Spiritual Formation Following the Movements of the Spiritual Life by Henri J.M. Nouwen with Michael Christensen
and Rebecca Laird |
| Dear Charles,
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 he counseled many people during his lifetime, his principles of spiritual formation were never written down. Michael Christensen and Rebecca Laird have taken his famous course at Yale and Harvard in spiritual formation and supplemented it with his unpublished writings to create the definitive series on Nouwen's thoughts on the Christian life. The first in the series, Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith was released by Harper SanFrancisco in 2006. The second in the series, Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit, is now available. |
Spiritual Formation showcases Nouwen's life-long effort to re-construct the five classical stages of spiritual development as movements in the journey of faith. The five classical stages are these:
1. Awakening (our desire)
2. Purgation (purifying our passions)
3. Illumination (of God)
4. Dark Night (of the Soul)
5. Unification (with God)
Readings, stories, questions for personal reflection, and guided journal inquiry as articulated by Nouwen will provide readers with an experience in spiritual formation with the well-known author, priest, and guide. Spiritual Formation also features a unique visio divina (praying with sacred images) to help focus our prayers. | | All of Henri Nouwen's books can be purchased at www.HenriNouwen.org. nl |
| Author and Editors |  HENRI J. M. NOUWEN (1932-1996) authored Bread for the Journey, With Open Hands, Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, Making All Things New, and many other bestsellers. He taught at Harvard, Yale, and Notre Dame universities before becoming the senior pastor of L'Arche Daybreak in Richmond Hill (north of Toronto, Canada), a community where men and women with intellectual disabilities and their assistants create a home for one another. MICHAEL J. CHRISTENSEN, PH.D., is national director of Communities of Shalom at Drew University, where he teaches spirituality and practical theology. He studied with Henri Nouwen at Yale Divinity School. REBECCA LAIRD, M.A., D. MIN., is the associate professor of Christian ministry at Point Loma Nazarene University where she teaches spiritual formation and Christian ministry. |
| | Blessings on your summer! May it be a time of rest and renewal, peace and harmony.
Maureen Wright, Resource Coordinator
Henri Nouwen Society
admin@henrinouwen.org 1-866-226-2158 (toll free) |
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