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by: Henri J. Nouwen
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 262.1
EAN: 9780824512590
ISBN: 0824512596
Label: Crossroad/Faith & Formation
Manufacturer: Crossroad/Faith & Formation
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 107
Publication Date: March 25, 1993
Publisher: Crossroad/Faith & Formation
Sales Rank: 4706
Studio: Crossroad/Faith & Formation
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Bold, honest and heartwarming message about Christian leadership.
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Rating:  - Essential Reading
Henri Nouwen's humility is felt from the introduction as he describes himself as "part of a larger movement of which I am only a very small part" (9). He admits his personal struggle as he faced the reality that as he grew older, he was not growing closer to Jesus. The success of his life was putting his very soul in danger. In response to God's call to "go and live among the poor in spirit," he found healing.
In this book, the first I have read of Nouwen, he offers images from his experiences ... Read More
Rating:  - Quick Read
This is a well written personal narrative about a Harvard Professor that experiences a renewal of faith when he leaves the academic world. As he gives up that which has given him security he remembers where real security comes from.
His experiences aren't profound; however, they do offer some simple reminders about the important parts of life.
Rating: - Leading in Love
True Christian leadership should be done from the raw core of Jesus's pure, pristine love.
Leadership efforts can become tainted and corrupted with relevance and arrogance, glossed over with the appearance of power and importance.
Some Christian leaders are controllers and dictators who expect obedience. But even Jesus didn't do that; He was a servant-leader.
This book doesn't preach about what you should or shouldn't do. It just indicates that leading, guiding, and teaching ... Read More
Rating: - extraordinary, challenging, very useful
Henri J. M. Nouwen has taught at the University of Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard, he is the author of several books, and a priest. I have found In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, a very fruitful reading and a practical, challenging book. In its pages beat several values like human sensibility, sincerity, humbleness, and biblical influence. I could declare the book's theme to be the temptations and virtues that the Christian leader will deal with in the 21st Century.
In several ... Read More
Rating: - A Breath of Fresh Air
I greatly appreciated Henri's book and it was a breath of fresh air which make me think very deeply about my life and ministry. I am a former Roman Catholic and appreciate the thoughfulness of Nouwen.
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