Back in 2002, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland quoted one of my favorite authors in his talk at general conference.

I was surprised at the time. In my self-centered way, I figured I was the only Mormon reading his books.

The author's name was Henri J.M. Nouwen. He was a Catholic who worked at a home for the mentally disabled in Canada, where he died.

His genius — and it was genius — lay in his ability to find universal truths in his own religion that could be translated effortlessly across into the faith traditions of others.

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