Light Through the Crack: Life After Loss

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Chapter 1: Change of Heart
Leonard Cohen once wrote in a song: 'There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in.' Combining revealing memoir and the inspirational stories of others, Sue Mosteller, the executrix of Henry Nouwen's literary estate and an active, well-known

Chapter 1: Change of Heart, Part 2
Having encountered the innumerable barriers for handicapped people in education, employment, transportation, access to buildings, communication, and decision making, I left the university and began to follow my passion for the civil rights of persons

Leonard Cohen once wrote in a song: "There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in." Combining revealing memoir and the inspirational stories of others, Sue Mosteller, the executrix of Henry Nouwen's literary estate and an active, well-known participant in L'Arche Community, brings to life the meaning of that resonant phrase and illuminates why human weaknesses, the vcracks" in our personalities, are actually the greatest sources of light for the world.

Sue Mosteller, CSJ, the executrix of Henri Nouwen's literary estate, serves on the board of the Henri Nouwen Society and is an active, well-known participant in L'Arche Community, an international network of faith-based communities for people with developmental difficulties. She lectures around the world, and lives at L'Arche Daybreak Community in Toronto, Canada.

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