Letters to Marc About Jesus: Living a Spiritual Life in a Material World [Paperback]

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A profound and beautiful collection of intimate writings, Henry J.M. Nouwen’sLetters to Marc About Jesusrecalls the author’s correspondences with his teenage nephew, a boy struggling with issues of faith and spirituality in an apathetic age. The much-beloved authorofThe Wounded HealerandWith Open Hands—named alongside such notables as C.S. Lewis and Thomas Merton as one of the most important Christian writers of the 20^thcentury—Nouwen writes from the heart in the deeply personalLetters to Marc About Jesus, as he imparts a powerful wisdom born of an unassailable faith.

Letters to Marc About Jesusis a beautiful collection of Henri Nouwen's very intimate and very enlightening writings to Marc, his nineteen-year-old nephew, who struggles to find his true path in a world of confusion and apathy. Written with Nouwen's characteristic grace and wisdom, these letters bear witness to his conviction that anyone can find lasting spiritual fulfillment if they simply take the time to maintain a daily awareness of Jesus in every aspect of life. Powerful and profound,Letters to Marc About Jesusis Nouwen alÄ