Befriending Life

Encounters With Henri Nouwen

de Beth Porter, Susan M. S. Brown, Philip Coulter

Edited by writers who live and work at the L'Arche Daybreak Community. This is a compilation of recollections by those who knew Henri Nouwen best opens a window into his personality. Nouwen, a theologian, died at the age of 64 after a distinguished academic career that included teaching at Yale and Harvard. He spent the last years of his life at L'Arche Daybreak Community in Toronto, Canada, where he lived among and helped care for the physically and mentally disabled people who form the core of the L'Arche communities.