Lenten Book Study: Mondays in Lent March 10-April 14, 11:30-1:00p.m.
The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom, March 10-April 14 11:30-1:00p.m. In Person at Phelps Hall or on Zoom
Our Lenten Book Study Group will meet for six weeks of Lent to explore this book by theologian Henri Nouwen.
This is Henri Nouwen’s secret journal. It was written during the most difficult period of his life, when he suddenly lost his self-esteem, his energy to live and work, his sense of being loved—even his hope in God. Although he experienced excruciating anguish and despair, he was still able to keep a journal in which he wrote a daily spiritual imperative to himself that emerged from his conversations with friends and supporters.
For more than eight years, Nouwen felt that his journal was too raw and private to share with others. Instead, he published The Return of the Prodigal Son to express some of the insights gained during his mental and spiritual crisis. But then friends asked him, “Why keep your anguish hidden from the many people who have been nurtured by your writing? Wouldn’t it be a consolation to know about the fierce inner battle that lies underneath your spiritual insights?”
For the countless men and women who live through the pain of broken relationships or suffer from the loss of a loved one, this book about the inner voice of love offers new courage, new hope, and even new life.
We are trying on something. We know that several people can’t make every week in person but may be able to join us via zoom. So if you can join us in person please do. If you want to join via zoom you are welcome do to so. Here is the link and password you can join our group Passcode 107617
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/