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ehays84's review
3.0
This book was definitely a disappointment, but not because of Nouwen. Last year, Amy got my a book in the same series, but from Chesterton. That one was arranged very well and the selections from Chesterton were always related to the advent/christmas/epiphany season. This book rarely had selections that related to the season at all. They also did not seem to be related to the particular scripture for the day. The actions for the day also seemed extremely arbitrary. Most of the Nouwen quotes were taken from speeches or from selections in a certain Catholic magazine, so I wonder if there were publication restrictions in terms of not being able to include selections from some of his more famous book. Anyway, as prolific as Nouwen was, he was nothing compared to Chesterton, so I can see how it would have been harder to find selections related to the season. But if there were so few, why try to publish this book? I guess because people like me would see it and think it would be good because the other ones in the series are good and because we love Nouwen. Our mistake.
sarahjaneinstpaul's review
5.0
Great book. I love Nouwen. I wish I had made time to read it more, but will definitely resurrect it next Advent.
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