Befriending Life

Encounters with Henri Nouwen

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Befriending Life

Encounters with Henri Nouwen

Edited by writers who live and work at the L'Arche Daybreak Community. This is a compilation of recollections by those who knew Henri Nouwen best opens a window into his personality. Nouwen, a theologian, died at the age of 64 after a distinguished academic career that included teaching at Yale and Harvard. He spent the last years of his life at L'Arche Daybreak Community in Toronto, Canada, where he lived among and helped care for the physically and mentally disabled people who form the core of the L'Arche communities.

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Doubleday
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English
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304

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Befriending Life: Encounters With Henri Nouen Nouwen
August 20, 2002, Image
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Befriending Life: Encounters with Henri Nouwen
June 26, 2001, Doubleday
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"Jackie Rand, with her husband, Baruch, was a friend of the L'Arche Daybreak community and a member of the Kehillah Ahavat Hesed, the small Toronto Synagogue some Daybreak members attend."

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OL7440723M
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45610030
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