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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4
EAN num: 9781570758065
ISBN number: 1570758069
Label: Orbis Books
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Page Count: 160
Printing Date: October 30, 2008
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This is an outstanding book.
It really captures many of Jean's best works.
Am enjoying his very inspiring works.
Would suggest this book to anyone who
desires to capture the real gift of
Jean Vanier
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So says L'Arche founder Jean Vanier about his own spiritual journey (p. 29). son of one of Canada's very first families, military man, and Ph.Ded philosopher, Vanier was accustomed to taking charge of his fellow humans when he was in proximity to them, and abstractly dissecting them when he was thinking about them. But his encounter with mentally and physically broken humans in the late 1950s, coupled with a growing spiritual restlessness, led him to a dramatic and dynamic life change. Ever since, Vanier has lived and written about the path of "downward mobility." In doing so, he (like Henri Nouwen) invites the rest of us to rethink our understanding of both our own life goals and God. He invites us to see vulnerability as a blessing rather than a liability, and to recognize that one of our greatest strengths, and one of God's greatest strengths, is precisely the weakness to allow ourselves to be touched by others.
Carolyn Whitney-Brown, who herself worked at a L'Arche community for the better part of a decade and knows Vanier personally, has put together an excellent collection of Vanier's essential writings and prefaced it with an informative Introduction. The writings focus on transforming the world, transforming the local community, transforming the self, and exploring the Christian life. They're written with a simplicity that can be deceptive. It's all too easy to dismiss Vanier as a simplistic thinker (another similarity with Nouwen). But in fact Vanier's writing tends to presuppose sophisticated arguments without belaboring them. His style is to write prose that invites meditation, rather than arguments that compel assent.
An excellent addition to the Modern Spiritual Masters series.
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