Today, with more than 50,000 new titles published every year, the average shelf life of a book is shorter than this year's NBA season. A classic is 10 years. It will last as long as C.S. Lewis' classic A Grief Observed , still comforting people after all these years. A lyrical writer sheds light on the monastic life as a means of finding the pearl of great price. This remarkable book sets a new standard by which all future books on the lives of saints will be measured.
Nobody does it better.
All of Nouwen's many books will be read 10 years and 20 years and maybe even 50 years from now. Many of his faithful readers say this one is his best. This reissue of Father Keating's breakthrough book on centering prayer is once again in popular demand and destined to stay there. Another form of prayer is the endeavor to be what we already area reflection of God's loveto our brothers and sisters. It's a wordless reminder that they are the same.