Letters To Marc About Jesus

(Harper Collins, 1988, Pp.85, trans. from Dutch: Brieven Aan Marc)

The strength of this book is the freshness and immediacy that characterizes Nouwen's writing to an 18-year-old nephew growing up in affluent surroundings in his native Holland, yet keenly interested in his uncle's worldview as a spiritual writer. Nouwen briefs him -- and the reader -- from the start, on what to expect in all that follows: "I want to give you a taste of the richness of life as a Christian, as I know it, experience it, and continue to discover it."

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