Meeting Mystery Spirituality & Prayer In traveling to Santiago Nouwen

In traveling to Santiago Nouwen hoped to learn more about this modern martyr

In Johnston's writing the mystical aspects of our faith become accessible to all modern people who grappling with the problems of our age

His outrage over the conditions of farm workers and his pursuit of justice for them led to a thirty-year campaign of sacrificial service

--Midwest Book Review

His central themes included openness to other religions

Meeting Mystery Spirituality & Prayer In traveling to Santiago NouwenNathan Mitchell's book serves as both an introduction to liturgy, worship, and the sacraments for students and an adventure that guides the reader to the place where God's surprising self is revealed and the human soul is moved to awe and love. Demonstrating how ritual is integral to human identity, Meeting Mystery invites us to excavate depths concealed by modern life, and to recover the harmony of the "liturgy of the church" and the "liturgy of the