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In the year before his unexpected death in 1996, Henri Nouwen set out to write a book about the Creed. His plans changed when he learned of the death of his friend Adam Arnett, a profoundly handicapped young man from the L'Arche Daybreak Community where Nouwen lived. Adam could... Read Full Overview

In the final year before his death in 1996, Henri Nouwen set out to write a book about the Creed. His plans changed when he learned of the death of his friend Adam, a severely handicapped young man from the L'Arche Daybreak Community outside Toronto where Nouwen lived. In the... Read Full Overview

Nouwen shares his personal creed by telling the story of Adam, a profoundly disabled man who was the first person Nouwen cared for when he joined the l'Arche Daybreak community in Toronto.