Calm Surrender: Walking the Path of Forgiveness [Paperback]

Kent Nerburn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 11, 2002

How can individuals live a life of forgiveness in a world so full of injustice and indifference? This haunting question spurred author Kent Nerburn to write Calm Surrender. The book looks at the life of an elderly woman mistreated by the healthcare system, a Native American desperate to keep the memories of the old ways alive, a woman singing softly over the grave of her young son. As the author recounts the experiences of people who have suffered much and asked for little, he takes readers on a moving journey.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: New World Library; 1st edition (March 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157731218X
• ISBN-13: 978-1577312185
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From another writer, August 6, 2005

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Joel B. Reed "Author, Jazz Phillips Murder se... (Western Minnresota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calm Surrender: Walking the Path of Forgiveness (Paperback)

Kent Nerburn's wisdom books are like fine brandy. They are for slow sipping from a crystal sniffter, allowing the vintage to warm the soul. Calm Surrender addresses the most critical spiritual need our generation faces in this strange and violent land, the need to forgive and be forgiven. Growing up in a Southern family which still talked about the "late war of Northern aggression," I learned that "forgive" was the real f-word. Yet holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expencting those we resent to die. Nerburn grasps this nettle firmly and leads us gently to a more sane way of approaching the world.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Power and Difficulty of True Forgiveness, July 23, 2009

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Jeremy Garber "urbanmenno" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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A beautiful, short but challenging book about real forgiveness and the power that it possesses. Nerburn challenges both those who pretend that life is all essentially goodness and light, and those whose anger burns too hot (even in the name of justice) to truly make the world a better place. He takes on the challenge of slavery, of a child's untimely death, of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and in every case recommends the hard work of honest forgiveness, of not meeting shadow with shadow but of moving imperfectly toward the light so that its glimmer, however faint, can continue to shine.

5.0 out of 5 stars Spirtitual Peace, November 9, 2011

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This review is from: Calm Surrender: Walking the Path of Forgiveness (Paperback)

this little book (taken from The Wisdom of the Native Americans)is HOW to find the CALM in our chaotic life. In simple easy-to-understand examples/words, try the Native American way!