Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life - Softcover

Nouwen, Henri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0281071446 ISBN 13: 9780281071449

Publisher: SPCK Publishing, 2013

Henri Nouwen understood the spiritual life as a journey of faith and transformation that is deepened by accountability, community and relationships. And the practice of discernment is about how to read the 'signs of the times' in daily life in order to know what to do next. Nouwen believes our calling and mission may be made clear through the people we meet on our path, the circumstances that each day brings, the books and sacred texts we read and meditate on, and through current events. Discernment seeks the will of God, requiring the disciplines of contemplative prayer, compassionate action and theological reflection. Discernment has been compiled by two of Nouwen's longtime students, Michael Christensen and Rebecca Laird, from coursework, journals and unpublished writings.

Review:

'Nouwen artfully explores how nature, our neighbours and our own hearts reveal God's active presence all around us. Life-giving and beautiful, yet practical and wise, he invites all those who doubt, feel lost, wounded or broken to discover the beating heart of love at the centre of the world.' --Diana Butler Bass, author of Christianity After Religion

'For most people, the very word discernment implies something heady, private and maybe even elitist. Henri Nouwen, as always, makes seemingly complex things personal, practical, intelligent and very readable - all at the same time! This is a rich and helpful book.' --Richard Rohr, OFM, author of Falling Upward

'An absolute gift to mind and soul.' --Phyllis Tickle, author of Emergence Christianity

From the Author:

Henri Nouwen (1932-1996) is the author of With Open Hands, Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, Making All Things New, and many other bestsellers. He was the senior pastor of L'Arche Daybreak in Toronto, Canada, a community where mentally disabled men and women and their assistants create a home together.

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0281071446
• ISBN 13: 9780281071449
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256