Technically, didn’t finish reading every word, every page, but finished with it all the same. It was utilized as a small group reading study with pastoral colleagues. While the initial conversations and interactions between text and peers was engaging, I found it became uninteresting and I completely lost the thread of the narrative. I did not participate in the sessions related to Older Brother and Father. I couldn’t “see” what Nouwen saw in the painting.
Perhaps it’s me, as I’ve grown older; I used to appreciate Nouwen (and still might for his other writings), but this one left me just “meh,” and could have been okay never reading it.