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Summary: "Nuclear" Man
Review: "The Wounded Healer" is an unusually weak book from a wonderful author. In fact, it is probably the worst book Henri Nouwen ever wrote. Nouwen was an admirable, often very perceptive and moving author. Yet Henri also inhabited academia for much of his life. It shows here. Nouwen must have been locked in the ivory tower and forced to write "The Wounded Healer." There is no other explanation for this horrid book. It is so cut off from the humanity that characterizes his other, greater works. The Twentieth Century was indeed a bad time. Yet to simplify the concerns of modern man down to a fear of Nuclear-induced extinction is mere foolishness. To be fair, "The Wounded Healer" is not complete drivel. Yet, this book gets one star from me. It is the low point of all of Nouwen's works.
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Summary: Confronting the 'Essentials' of Ministry
Review: As a young person seeking meaning in a difficult world, I have found Nouwen's work (every book I've read of his, actually) to clearly confront the ills of society, incorporating them into authentic Christian discipleship.
Every priest, minister, layperson or questioning individual should pick up this brief - yet poignant - account of what it is to relate to others in the modern world. Nouwen consistently cultivates the meaning of authentic relationships one must have between him/herself, God, and those met in life.
This is a must-read.
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Summary: The Wounded Healer
Review: Henri Nouwen has been blessed with true vision of the human condition. Mr. Nouwen has also been gifted with the answers to solve the condition of "Nuclear Man" and isolation. Anyone who is a minister or healer of any kind should read this book. It is a "must read". I appreciated Mr. Nouwen's synopsis' at the end of each chapter. This truly helped me to "drive the point home". I thank Mr. Nouwen for writing this book. I am presently reading his "Return of the Prodigal Son" book. Another "must read" book if one is interested in reaching the center of man.Gratefully, Teri Lynn Schons
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Summary: The Wounded Healer
Review: Henri Nouwen has been blessed with true vision of the human condition. Mr. Nouwen has also been gifted with the answers to solve the condition of "Nuclear Man" and isolation. Anyone who is a minister or healer of any kind should read this book. It is a "must read". I appreciated Mr. Nouwen's synopsis' at the end of each chapter. This truly helped me to "drive the point home". I thank Mr. Nouwen for writing this book. I am presently reading his "Return of the Prodigal Son" book. Another "must read" book if one is interested in reaching the center of man. Gratefully, Teri Lynn Schons
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Summary: A welcomed focus on the health of the minister
Review: Henri Nouwen's 'Wounded Healer' offers profound insight into the condition of the world in which we minister. He had his finger on the pulse of our modern era. This book is not a training manual for the evangelistic preaching of the gospel, but it maintains a welcomed focus on the health of the minister. The 'wounded healer' concept conflicts greatly with the model of the 'bullet-proof preacher'. It is a philosophy of vulnerability and honesty as the foundation for ministry.
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Summary: A welcomed focus on the health of the minister
Review: Henri Nouwen's 'Wounded Healer' offers profound insight into the condition of the world in which we minister. He had his finger on the pulse of our modern era. This book is not a training manual for the evangelistic preaching of the gospel, but it maintains a welcomed focus on the health of the minister. The 'wounded healer' concept conflicts greatly with the model of the 'bullet-proof preacher'. It is a philosophy of vulnerability and honesty as the foundation for ministry.
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Summary: Minister self-care
Review: Hey, all ministers should heed the advice of this book. Since September 11th, people in the church and the society need to know it is alright to live again. No matter where the pastor or minister finds himself/herself today. This book will affect the quality of minister that arrives on the scene in any occasion. There is also inspirational too.
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Summary: Minister self-care
Review: Hey, all ministers should heed the advice of this book. Since September 11th, people in the church and the society need to know it is alright to live again. No matter where the pastor or minister finds himself/herself today. This book will affect the quality of minister that arrives on the scene in any occasion. There is also inspirational too.
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Summary: Buy it, read it, and live it...
Review: I found myself not agreeing with all of Henri's cultural analysis, but I don't have to. His work is still inspiring while at the same time not entertaining any moral high ground arrogance. Nouwen is down to earth and spiritually minded at the same time, he cares about people and you can't go wrong with that. Open and honesty, loving and kind, the book will encourage you to treat people the way they want to be treated---as human beings. Buy it, read it, and live it.
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Summary: Insightful Guide to Ministry Today.
Review: It is in our woundedness that we become a source of life for others. That is the thesis of 'The Wounded Healer". Ministers are called to recognize the sufferings of their time in their hearts and make that recognition the starting point of ministry. This means opening up one's own wounds and sufferings and thus becoming a wounded healer through hospitality. This is a book that can be read and reflected upon by anyone in Christian ministry, especially the clergy. Nouwen's direct and penetrating style with creative theology and deep religious insights, make this book worthy of a second and third reading. It is filled with examples from everyday life and anecdotes from different cultures. This book is relevant today in the light of the unproportionately blown up scandals among ministers and consequent wounds to the Christian ministry in general.
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