We Heard the Bird Sing: Interacting With Anthony De Mello, S.J
We Heard the Bird Sing is a collection of anecdotes, personal testimonies, recollections, conversations, and other firsthand accounts of interaction with famed spiritual leader Anthony de Mello, S. J. Even after his death in 1987, de Mello continues to offer guidance and teaching. Here, 72 short pieces reveal de Mello helping, challenging, and changing people's lives. Examples of his counseling, spiritual direction, therapy, theoretical expositions, repartee, parables, and insightful jokes fill the pages of We Heard the Bird Sing. The final section presents excerpts from letters and papers that shed light on his life and thought. Included is an excerpt from a letter written the day before his death.  --Midwest Book Review