Adam: God's Beloved

This author really knows about God's love. Get it It is time to feel God's warmth again. I would also recommend the book An Encounter with a Prophet

I have read Adam and other of Henri Nouwen's books. This book teaches us that life is value no matter what a person's condition in life. The message is clear to the church of today-bring more disabled people into full and active participation of the church for their gifts to shine and all of Christianity may benefit.

For all of us who have ever wondered about the value of a life--what gives value to a life, what is a life worth living, what guidelines does our culture, our society, our nation put on life?-- Henri Nouwen, through his own search for the answer to those questions, provides the answer by laying down his success at Harvard, Yale and Notre Dame and caring for a man named Adam who can do nothing for himself. The story of the professor/priest who comes to look to Adam as his professor, his teacher, is what God's love can do when we mere humans listen to His voice. Of what infinite value we are to God, each and every one of us. Thank you, Henri Nouwen and all the people at L'Arche. It is a wonderful life-affirming book in the midst of a time when life is not affirmed much.

Henri Nouwen was a Spiritual Author of almost 50 books, had taught at Harvard, Yale, and set up and taught in the Pshchology Department at Notre Dame. He had two Doctrates in Psychology plus he was degreed in Theology. What then could a retarded man who could not speak, walk only when assisted by others, and who never earned a nickle teach Henri? In this great book, Henri calls Adam "My Greatest Teacher." Adam teaches Henri: (1) Being is more important than doing (2) Heart is more important than mind (3) The weakest amongst us create community. Read this book to see how the poor in spirit confound the wisdom of this world.

Henri Nouwen teaches from his personal experience. The lessons in this book go beyond head learning. Instead, the book explains how a broken, severely disabled young man can be an inspirational teacher to a Havard professor and theologian and to you and me. The book is written in easy conversational language and carries a very powerful, potentially life altering message about the Love of God made manifest through the broken body of the young man named Adam. A must read.