Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » L’Arche http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 A Tiny Sign That Love Is Possible http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/tiny-sign-love-possible/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/tiny-sign-love-possible/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2016 22:01:06 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5743 When the world seems particularly chaotic, crazy, paranoid, hateful, fearful, or just too noisy, I need the gentle voice of a great-great-grandfather-type. My go-to in these times is Jean Vanier. In his book Community & Growth, Vanier says… We have to remind ourselves constantly that we are not saviors. We are simply a tiny sign, […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/tiny-sign-love-possible/feed/ 0 To Do Ordinary Things With Extraordinary Love http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/ordinary-things-extraordinary-love/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/ordinary-things-extraordinary-love/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:03:05 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4191 Jean Vanier is the 85 year old Canadian philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian who is most known for founding the L’Arche communities. L’Arch (French for “the ark”) began in 1964 when Jean Vanier took two men with disabilities into his home in the town of Trosly-Brevil, France. It is now an international organization operating some 146 […]

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