The spiritual life is not a life then and there, but a life here and
now. It is a life in which the spirit of God is revealed in the ordinary
encounters of everyday. In this book of meditations Henri Nouwen shows
in a personal and insightful way that God is much closer to us than we
usually realize. Henri Nouwen writes about the joy in the midst of our
sorrows, about the gains and losses of friendship and family, about the
hardships and rewards of prayer, about forgiveness and compassion,
discipleship and discipline, and the lifelong process of conversion. He
looks with a smile and a tear at the day-to-day events of our lives and
discovers there places where God chooses to dwell and call us.