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God's Beloved
Since his death in 1996 at the age of 64, there has grown what has been dubbed the "Nouwen phenomenon", as biographies have been written about him, and Nouwen websites, societies and centers all tend the flame of faith which burned
so brightly in his life. Though I had only ever read one of his books, I was drawn to reading about him in one of my favorite book genres - biography.
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The Shadow Year
The Shadow Year chronicles the lives of three children living in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic mother and an absentee father during the 1960's. Despite their difficulties the children are creative and imaginative. Together in their
basement they invent a cardboard reconstruction of their hometown.
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The Passions
Like the line in Jerry Maguire, “You had me at hello,” Robert Solomon’s invitation to look with ‘awe and wonder’ at the unpopular topic of emotions had me from the start. I am probably not alone in confessing that when it comes to the emotions I often find myself at their mercy, lured by wanting to feel good or unraveling the reasons why I don’t, too often swept down the road towards a multitude of vices. Months after reading Solomon’s book a faithful friend encouraged me to take a second look at his approach.
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Paul and the Thessalonians
Paul and the Thessalonians: A Tradition of Pastoral Care by Abraham J. Malherbe traces how the apostle Paul was influenced by and adapted the philosophic tradition of soul care for this first of his epistles. One of the reasons Paul wrote his letter to the Thessalonians was his worry for their spiritual well-being. When he was with them he had taught them to emulate him and to form bonds with him, like any teacher of philosophy would do.
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