During the last five years of his life, theologian and activist Henri J.M. Nouwen (1932-96) became close to the Flying Rodleighs, a trapeze troupe in a traveling circus. Like Nouwen's own life, a trapeze act is full of artistry, exhilarating successes, crushing failures, and continual forgiveness. Here Nouwen's colleague and friend Carolyn Whitney-Brown presents his unpublished trapeze writings, framed by the true story of his rescue through a hotel window by paramedics during his heart attack.