Ministry [Hardcover]

Henri J. M. Nouwen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

Three classic works by Henri Nouwen brought together in a beautiful, gift edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 286 pages
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group; Revised edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826409105
• ISBN-13: 978-0826409102
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,562,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nouwen is at it again!?!, November 11, 2000

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This review is from: Ministry (Hardcover)

Henri J. M. Nouwen does it one more time in this compilation of three of his most popular works. This is a book for all those involved with any type of ministry, especially those with a leadership role in ministry as a whole. Priests, Ministers and so forth would do well in improving their ministerial lives by reading this materpiece. Nouwen is not focusing on all the technical aspects of the ministerial experience, e.g. psychological, counseling, and so forth, but he has the reader realize that what is truly important in ministry, above all, is the encounter we have with the other person we are ministering to.

Ministry is not some abstract experience, but is something that is real, in the here and now of it all. Nouwen, in this very prolific compilation, demonstrates how ministry is truly a fruitful experience between the person being ministered to and the minister. Ultimately, Christ is the center of our experience in ministry, and we need to try to find the face of Christ in the other at all times, as well as try to unveil him in us.