Our Greatest Gift: A Meditation on Dying and Caring » (Repackaged)

Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932-1996) is the author of Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, Making All Things New, and many other spiritual classics. He taught psychology and pastoral theology at Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard universities before becoming senior pastor of L'Arche Daybreak in Toronto, Canada, a community where men and women with intellectual disabilities and their assistants create a home for one another.

ONE OF THE BEST-LOVED SPIRITUAL WRITERS OF OUR TIME TAKES A MOVING, PERSONAL LOOK AT HUMAN MORTALITY

Henri Nouwen shares his own experiences with aging, loss, grief, and fear, gently and eloquently revealing the gifts that the living and dying can give to one another.

"A very comforting book...Nouwen offers here a gentle, almost meditative book on coming to terms with death."

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"It's a new way of looking at death, one with an upside."

MIAMI HERALD

"One of my favorite 'caregivers,' Henri Nouwen challenges us to accept our death as part of our spirtual journey, not its end...a must read."

CAPITAL TIMES

Capital Times

“One of my favorite ‘caregivers,’ Henri Nouwen challenges us to accept our death as part of our spiritual journey, not its end. …Nouwen continues to be a must read.”