What Does It Means to Be a Healer int eh Modern World?

In this hope-filled and profoundly simple book, Nouwen offers a radically fresh interpretaion of moden ministry. Here he inspires devoted men and women who want to be of service in their church or community, but have found the traditional ways of ministry alienating and ineffective. According to Nouwen, ministers are called to identify the suffering in their own hearts and make that recognition the starting point of their service. For Nouwen, ministers must be willing to go beyong their professional, somewhat aloof role and leave themselves open as fellow human beings with the same wounds and suffering as those they serve. In other words, we heal from our wounds.

卢云（Henri J.M.Nouwen，1932-1996），原籍荷兰，享誉世界的作家、神学家、教授，当代灵修学大师。曾先后在圣母大学、哈佛大学、耶鲁大学教授心理学、灵修学。1986年，卢云放下世人艳羡的大学教职和学术研究，应“方舟团契” （L’Arche）之邀，加入加拿大“黎明之家”（Daybreak Community）服事智障人士，如同特蕾莎修女进入印度贫穷、受伤、软弱的人群中一样，直至因心脏病突发，与世长辞。

卢云著有《浪子回头》、《心灵爱语》、《卢云的心灵面包》、《负伤的治疗者》、《亚当：神的爱子》等四十多部著作。其作品文风优美，感情细腻，思想深邃，能从日常生活中微不足道的事和最弱小的人身上透视人生伟大及软弱层面所深藏的奥秘，深受读者喜爱