5/28/2023 0 Comments Becoming human vanierI am inspired by the work of Krista Tippett to create civil conversations and to build a community around discussions about being human. My desire was to participate in the process of individual change and the strengthening of community, but the intellectual and emotional baggage of past experiences with this faith community gave me some reasons to pause and wonder whether there was an even more inclusive approach that we could take by modifying the language of the book to be more universal, finding common points of reference in the experience of being human. I recently came across a book about spiritual disciplines that is specific to the practices and teachings of a particular religion, Christianity. With the death of Jean Vanier, there is a desire that has risen in my mind to honour his legacy by continuing his work in a way that extends his joy and his ethos into a movement that helps us to heal our sense of loneliness and our desire to be loved, to help us find belonging by including people in community and finding freedom through forgiveness.
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