Item SR128 - Recording of Henri Nouwen on Seeds of faith: Henri Nouwen talks with Mike Ford

1 audio cassette (46 min.)

Item consists of a sound recording of a broadcast of an interview of Nouwen with Mike Ford. The interview took place on August 28, 1992 in Northampton, and was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on July 11, 1993. Mike Ford introduces Nouwen, and explains how his own interest in Nouwen grew through reading Nouwen's book, "Reaching Out." Nouwen discusses with Ford in the interview how seeing a poster of the Rembrandt painting "Return of the Prodigal Son" at a L'Arche community in Northern France evoked a feeling of homecoming in Nouwen. He recounts his trip to Leningrad to see the original painting, and his growing awareness that he can see himself as all three major figures in the painting: the younger son (through the feeling of coming home), the elder son (who still holds onto anger), and the father (Nouwen's role as a father receiving others home). Nouwen also discusses the challenges that arise when living in a community.

A reference copy is available (located with original).
Access copy (2) available in Nouwen Fonds Access Copies, Sound Recording Series, box 11.

London: BBC Radio 4, July 11, 1993.

Title based on contents of the item.
Digitized December 15, 2010.

Added by L Joson, 14 June 2018