“Onthelongroadit’sgoodtohaveNouwenandhisdiviningrod.Deftlyhebendstowardthedropofspiritualwisdomcakedinthemostordinarythings.“--HelenPrejean,C.S.J.,authorofDeadManWalkingHenryJ.M.Nowuen,oneofthegreatestofallspiritualwriters,invitesustosearchdeeplyforthewell-springsthatnourishtrueministryinhisclassicTheWayoftheHeart.Interweavingthesolitude,silence,andprayerofthefifth-centuryEgyptianDesertFathersandMotherswithourcontemporarysearchforanauthenticspirituality,TheWayoftheHeartnotonlyleadsustoafullerencounterwithGod,buttoamorecreativeministrywithourfellowhumanbeings.Hereisoneofthemostprofoundworksfromawriterknownforhisfreshandperceptiveinsights--andwhostandsalongsideC.S.LewisandThomasMertonasanessentialChristianscholarandthinker.
