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. How can we learn to see our final journey not as a terror, but as a gift to be shared?
|
Contents
Grace Hidden in Powerlessness | 1 |
Close to the Heart | 9 |
The Choice to Die Well | 45 |
You Are a Child of God | 51 |
You Are Brothers and Sisters of Each Other | 65 |
conclusion | 97 |
epilogue | 105 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able afraid Alzheimer's disease Amazing Grace anguish bear fruit beautiful became become befriend death belong beloved blessing blue planet brothers and sisters caring catcher cemetery child children of God Christ close communion Connie Connie's cross Daybreak Daybreak community deeply dependence died divine childhood Down's syndrome dying and death dying friends embrace everything faith family and friends Father fear feel Freiburg gentle gift God’s grave healing heart Henri Nouwen hidden hope human family illness Jean Vanier John journey L'Arche let go live look Marina meaning Moe’s mortality mother mother of Jesus mystery ness ourselves painful parents Paul Père Thomas person pray prayer realize resurrection resurrection of Jesus Rodleigh send the Spirit simply solidarity speak Spirit of Jesus story stronger than death struggle suffering things Thomas Merton Toronto Trosly trust truth weakness words write about dying