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Flying, Falling, Catching

By: Henri J. M. Nouwen, Carolyn Whitney-Brown
Narrated by: BJ Harrison, Karen Gundersen
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Henri Nouwen’s never-before-published story of his surprising friendship with a traveling trapeze troupe.

During the last five years of his life, best-selling spiritual author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close to The Flying Rodleighs, a trapeze troupe in a traveling circus. Like Nouwen’s own life, a trapeze act is full of artistry, exhilarating successes, crushing failures and continual forgiveness. He wrote about his experience in a genre new to him: creative non-fiction.

In Flying, Falling, Catching, Nouwen's colleague and friend Carolyn Whitney-Brown presents his unpublished trapeze writings framed by the true story of his rescue through a hotel window by paramedics during his first heart attack. Listeners will meet Nouwen as a spiritual risk taker who was transformed through his engagement with these trapeze artists, as well as his participation in the Civil Rights movement, his life in community with people with intellectual disabilities, his personal growth through friendships during the 1990s AIDS pandemic, and other unexpected encounters.

What will we do with our lives, and with whom will we do it? In this story of flying and catching, Nouwen invites us all to let go and fly, even when we are afraid of falling.

©2021 Henri J. M. Nouwen and Carolyn Whitney-Brown (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

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A story of honesty, belonging, freedom, intimacy, risk and friendship

Spoke to my heart, Spirit and soul. Always looked forward to listening to more. A life well lived and a life I would want to aspire to live like.

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This Beautiful work might be my favorite of Henri Nouwen. I believe it speaks to his deepest truest self and I am grateful for Carolyn Whitney Brown bringing it to life

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The very few memorable lines could fill one paragraph . After listening to this I have decided there's far too many other books and authors I long to read and ponder, than to bother with the couple I had in my Wish list by Henri Nouwen. I deleted them, deleted this laborious story as well.

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