Summary Of Adam's Peace By John Muir

John Muir deeply lived in the solitude of now, and integrated a sense of belonging within Yosemite when he wrote, “We are now in the mountains and they are in us” (Muir, p. 72). Muir describes in detail the joyous Yosemite, the mountains, valleys, forests, Yosemite Creek with falling waters, creatures and plants, in which, erupted in his first summer as the very breath of his life, that soaked the exquisite sightings into his skin and rooted themselves into his bones. Muir delineated the vast beauty of the landscape and the simple face of a daisy declaring a himself a servant in a “holy wilderness," a wilderness that mirrored the reflection of the Creator.

Muir weaves his childhood memorized scripture into the wondrousYosemite’s

His 25 year old body is weak, he cannot dress, eat, walk, or speak. Adam cannot laugh, or cry and is heavily medicated because of daily grand-mal seizures. God revealed His true peace to Nouwen, as a peace that is hidden in the weakness of Adam, through a powerful intimate love, in a bond of intimacy.

Nouwen describes Adam’s peace as a gift that is hidden in Adam’s weakness. The gift that Adam offers is simply “being”. Nouwen helps Adam to share his gift by attending to his needs, like getting him dressed, bathing him, telling him stories. Nouwen writes with gratitude about Adam’s gift, “ Out of his broken body and broken mind emerged a most beautiful human being, offering me a greater gift than I would ever offer him” (Nouwen, p.121). Nouwen’s family in the Daybreak community for the handicapped, became his most fulfilling ministry, even though he taught and spoke at Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard. The experience of living at Daybreak deepened Nouwen’s life in the rich gift of peace by the discipline of knowing

She describes the pharisaical congregants with the desire to do the right thing, however, their dignity comes from being seen at church. Dillard’s church is the “Families whose members have been acquainted with each other as long as anyone remembers grow not close, but respectful,” and the barefoot Jesus dangles inside the dome of the church building, alone (Dillard p.137). Why did they not see the real Jesus? Dillard, as a teenager, understood at a young age, the American church is trapped under the obligation of doing instead being with Jesus, inasmuch as she recognized these dear families with a pining desire to love one another and sincerely pray to their