Monday, August 26, 2013

Aug 27 Tip: Listen to Jean Vanier on "The Wisdom of Tenderness"

From On Being: Listen to Jean Vanier on "The Wisdom of Tenderness"

(The August 27 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.onbeing.org/program/wisdom-tenderness/234/audio?embed=1

This Canadian philosopher and Catholic social innovator founded L'Arche, a community centered around people with mental disabilities that has now become a global movement. To many, he is simply one of the wise men in our world today -- an icon of lived compassion. We speak about his understanding of humanity and God that has been shaped across a fascinating lifetime by the likes of Aristotle, Mother Teresa, and people who would once have been locked away from society.

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