Historian Gabrielle Earnshaw is the founding archivist of the Henri Nouwen Archives in Toronto, Canada. She has been the adviser to the Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust for eighteen years and is consulted throughout the world on Nouwen and his literary legacy. She is the editor of several of Nouwen's posthumously published books, including Love, Henri (a collection of Nouwen's letters), You Are the Beloved (a collection of daily meditations), and the newly published  Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety, based on lectures Nouwen gave at Harvard University in the 1980s.

Gabrielle Earnshaw

In our conversation, Earnshaw shares not only her insights into the spiritual and literary legacy of Henri Nouwen, but also her own journey into the spirituality of silence — and how curating Nouwen's archives helped her along the way.

Henri Nouwen with his dear friend, Sr. Sue Mosteller

 

Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode:

Henri Nouwen, Love, Henri: Letters on the Spiritual Life
Henri Nouwen, You Are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritaul Living 
Henri Nouwen, Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety
Sue Mosteller, Light Through the Crack: Life After Loss
Sue Mosteller, A Place to Hold my Shaky Heart: Reflections from Life in Community
Sue Mosteller, My Brother, my Sister


This is part one of a two-part interview. Part two will be released next week.

Episode 76: Silence and the Wisdom of Henri Nouwen: A Conversation with Gabrielle Earnshaw (Part One)
Hosted by: Cassidy Hall
With: Carl McColman, Kevin Johnson
Date Recorded: September 6, 2019