About Henri J. M. Nouwen
Henri Nouwen (1932–1996) was
ordained a Catholic priest in 1957. He obtained his doctorandus in psychology
from Nijmegen University in the Netherlands and taught at Notre Dame, Yale, and
Harvard. He experienced the monastic life with Trappist monks at the Abbey of
the Genesee, lived among the poor in Latin America with the Maryknoll
missioners, and was interested and active in numerous causes related to social
justice. After a lifetime of seeking, he finally found his home in Canada as
pastor of L’Arche Daybreak where people with intellectual disabilities and
their caregivers live together in community. He wrote more than forty books on
spirituality and the spiritual life that have sold millions of copies. His
vision of spirituality was broad and inclusive, and his compassion embraced all
of humankind.
About Arthur Morey
Arthur Morey has won three AudioFile Magazine “Best Of” Awards, and his work has garnered numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and placed him as a finalist for two Audie Awards. He has acted in a number of productions, both off Broadway in New York and off Loop in Chicago. He graduated from Harvard and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He has won awards for his fiction and drama, worked as an editor with several book publishers, and taught literature and writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed.