The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers by Henri J.M. Nouwen

The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

Henri J.M. Nouwen

96 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion reflective medium-paced

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In The Way of the Heart, author and teacher Henri Nouwen looks to the desert for spiritual inspiration, specifically the text Apophthegmata Patrum, or "Sayings of the Desert Fathers." This was created by a group of Christians who fled to the Egypt...

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