Review: You Are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual
Living
Henri J.M. Nouwen
Convergent
2017
If you aren’t familiar with the work of Henri Nouwen this
compilation from his writings, talks, and letters, as the introduction tells us,
will introduce you to him. If you have
read Nouwen before this will remind you over and again how sensitive and loving
he was. And how he demonstrated his
ability to speak the truth in love.
I have browsed randomly through many of the entries and each
one touched me in some way. The readings
are brief, but not without deep content.
A simple line or two from one of the readings says, “The resurrection
does not solve our problems about dying and death…. But it does reveal to us
that, in deed, love is stronger than death.”
(104).
I am glad to have discovered this book and intend to use
regularly. I recommend it to you as
well. It does contain a list of works
cited at the end with the information listed by day that a person needs to
track the excerpt. Sort of a standard,
but still nice to have in case the reader wants more from a work.
I received this book from the publisher in return for a review.
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