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The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom Paperback - 1999

by Henri J. Nouwen

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For the countless men and women who have to live through the pain of broken relationships or who suffer from the loss of a loved one, "The Inner Voice of Love" offers new courage, new hope, and even new life.

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A classic, personal work of self-examination from the bestselling author of The Return of the Prodigal Son, hailed as "one of the world's greatest spiritual writers" by Christianity Today

This is Henri Nouwen's secret journal. It was written during the most difficult period of his life, when he suddenly lost his self-esteem, his energy to live and work, his sense of being loved--even his hope in God. Although he experienced excruciating anguish and despair, he was still able to keep a journal in which he wrote a daily spiritual imperative to himself that emerged from his conversations with friends and supporters.

For more than eight years, Nouwen felt that his journal was too raw and private to share with others. Instead, he published The Return of the Prodigal Son to express some of the insights gained during his mental and spiritual crisis. But then friends asked him, "Why keep your anguish hidden from the many people who have been nurtured by your writing? Wouldn't it be a consolation to know about the fierce inner battle that lies underneath your spiritual insights?"

For the countless men and women who live through the pain of broken relationships or suffer from the loss of a loved one, this book about the inner voice of love offers new courage, new hope, and even new life.

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This is Henri Nouwen's "secret journal." It was written during the most difficult period of his life, when he suddenly lost his self-esteem, his energy to live and work, his sense of being loved, even his hope in God. Although he experienced excruciating anguish and despair, he was still able to keep a journal in which he wrote a spiritual imperative to himself each day that emerged from his conversations with friends and supporters.


For more than eight years, Henri Nouwen felt that what he wrote was too raw and private to share with others. Instead, he published "The Return of the Prodigal Son, in which he expressed some of the insights gained during his mental and spiritual crisis. But then friends asked him, "Why keep your anguish hidden from the many people who have been nurtured by your writing? Wouldn't it be of consolation for many to know about the fierce inner battle that lies underneath so many of your spiritual insights?"
For the countless men and women who have to live through the pain of broken relationships, or who suffer from the loss of a loved one, this book about the inner voice of love offers new courage, new hope, even new life.

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  • Title The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom
  • Author Henri J. Nouwen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Image, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1999-01-19
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780385483483 / 0385483481
  • Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Catholic
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Catholic
    • Theometrics: Evangelical
    • Theometrics: Mainline
  • Category Inspirational
  • Library of Congress subjects Anxiety - Religious aspects - Christianity, Spiritual life - Christianity
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 9608162
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Christianity Today, 11/01/2012, Page 72

About the author

Henri J.M. Nouwen was a Catholic priest who taught at several theological institutes and universities in his home country of the Netherlands and in the United States. He shared the final years of his life with people with mental and physical disabilities at the L'Arche Daybreak Community in Toronto, Canada. He died in 1996. He authored many books on the spiritual life, including Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, and The Return of the Prodigal Son.

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