HERE AND NOW Living in the Spirit

Henri Nouwen, Catholic priest and educator, believes that if we live in the present, we will notice the small miracles that reflect God's love for us. Nouwen explains how prayer, forgiveness, gratitude, and compassion are the essential elements of an ongoing process of conversion through loving encounters with family and friends. Although Murray Bodo's voice is pleasant enough, his phrasing is inconsistent as he occasionally pauses in the wrong spots. Also, he has a distracting habit of taking in gulps of air between phrases. Nouwen's message deserves a more accomplished narrator. The two tapes, not clearly marked, are easy to confuse. P.B.J. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/SEP 02]