Our Greatest Gift: A Meditation on Dying and CaringOne of the best-loved spiritual writers of our time—an author ranked with C.S. Lewis and Thomas Merton—Henry J.M. Nowuen, takes a moving, personal look at human mortality in Our Greatest Gift. A meditation on dying and caring, Our Greatest Gift gently and eloquently reveals the gifts that the living and dying can give to one another. The beloved bestselling author of With Open Hands, The Wounded Healer, and Making All Things New shares his own experiences with aging, loss, grief, and fear in this important and life-altering work. |
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We Are Brothers | 23 |
We Are Parents | 33 |
You Are a Child of God | 53 |
You Are Brothers | 69 |
You Are Parents | 87 |
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