'I am very grateful for Carolyn Whitney-Brown's accurate account of
my brother Henri's inner feelings, hopes, wishes and despair. You
brought Henri very close to me again.' LAURENT NOUWEN, FOUNDER OF
THE HENRI NOUWEN FOUNDATION 'Anyone who knew Henri, either through
his writing or in person, will immediately recognise how
beautifully he's been brought to life in this book.' GARY DONOHOE,
PROFESSOR & CHAIR OF PSYCHOLOGY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND
'A beacon of hope.' MARINA NEMAT, AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL
BESTSELLER PRISONER OF TEHRAN During the last five years of his
life, spiritual leader and teacher Henri Nouwen became close to a
travelling circus trapeze troupe, The Flying Rodleighs. The lessons
he discovered through his relationship with the troupe stimulated
Nouwen to write in a genre new to him, creative non-fiction, and
these writings are presented for the first time in Flying, Falling,
Catching. With care and insight, Nouwen's colleague and friend
Carolyn Whitney-Brown weaves Henri's material into a dramatic
narrative that imagines his life flashing before him during his
first heart attack. We learn how Nouwen saw his own experiences
reflected in the artistry, exhilarating successes, crushing
failures and continual forgiveness that were integral to the act of
The Flying Rodleighs. A fascinating blend of autobiography and
spiritual writing, Flying, Falling Catching offers an extraordinary
new angle on a man who has inspired thousands. Through his own
writings and Whitney-Brown's narrative, we see him as a spiritual
adventurer, someone who was transformed by diversity as he learned
to view the world through many perspectives. Nouwen's story -
including his participation in the Civil Rights movement, the
friendships he made during the 1990s AIDS pandemic, and many other
unexpected encounters - encourages us to embrace our
vulnerabilities, and vividly reminds us that one of the greatest
challenges we face is to avoid despair by reflecting on the meaning
and significance of the lives we have lived, and are living. Part
inspirational Christian autobiography, part thought-provoking
narrative, Flying, Falling Catching will surprise and delight
long-term fans of Nouwen's ministry and new readers keen to learn
more about him. In offering a deeper understanding of an
extraordinary yet very human spirit, it provides us with the
motivation to search out our own spiritual adventure; like Nouwen,
we too can learn to let go and fly - and not be afraid to fall.
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