{"product_id":"discernment-reading-the-signs-of-daily-life","title":"Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An absolute gift to mind and soul.' \u003cp\u003ePhyllis Tickle, author of Emergence Christianity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenri Nouwen's legacy of spirtual writings drawn from his own experience of loneliness, depression, exhaustion and struggles with discerning God's calling on his life, continues to offer guidance and reassurance to the prodigal heart seeking the road home to the Father God's ready acceptance and loving embrace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his life alongside the disabled in the l'Arche Daybreak community, Toronto the world-renowned spiritual guide and counsellor learned to understand the spiritual life as a journey of faith and transformation that is deepened by accountability, community, and relationships. Though Henri counselled many people during his lifetime, his principles of discernment were never collected into a single volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, in association with the Nouwen Legacy Trust, Michael Christensen - one of Nouwen's longtime students - and Rebecca Laird his coursework, journals, and unpublished writings are collected to create the definitive resource on spiritual discernment. In these pages, Henri Nouwen emphasizes listening to the Word of God - in our hearts, in the Bible, in the community of faith, and in the voice of the poor as a way to discern God's plan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Rohr, author of Falling Upward\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiana Butler Bass, author of Christianity After Religion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Henri Nouwen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780281071449\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20130718\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43537874518077,"sku":"9780281071449","price":27.86,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780281071449.jpg?v=1788262637","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/discernment-reading-the-signs-of-daily-life","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}