Today I gave an interview about Henri Nouwen, who died suddenly in '96 just shy of 65. After his funeral I received a letter from him: thanks for our friendship and looking to the future. I realized today I have reached his same age. Yet he seemed so old! Time changes perspective
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Robert, thank you for your contribution to the Dorothy Day Doc available through PBS. Your insights were, as always, spot on. Showing it to my students and they appreciate your insights.
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I love Henry Nouwen and his books -so very real and heartfelt . Unfortunately , I went to YDS after him ; he certainly found a lot more peace and serenity being at L’Arche vs academia . I get it right ?
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Not exactly peace and serenity, but he certainly found the home he had been searching for.
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Thank you for sharing your insights and spirituality through your writings! You have gifted our World! And 65 really is young
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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