
About this episode
The philosopher and Catholic social innovator Jean Vanier is a teacher of the wisdom of tenderness. The L’Arche movement, which he founded, centers around people with mental disabilities and is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. We experience how Jean Vanier brings the most paradoxical religious teachings to life: that there’s power in humility, strength in weakness, and light in the darkness of human existence.
See more at www.onbeing.org/program/wisdom-tenderness/234
Get every episode summarized
Each time On Being publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from On Being
Jennifer Bailey and Lennon Flowers — An Invitation to Brave Space
On Being
Oct 17, 201951:38pending

Imani Perry - More Beautiful
On Being
Sep 26, 201952:34pending

Ta-Nehisi Coates — Imagining a New America
On Being
Sep 12, 201952:36pending

Katy Payne — In the Presence of Elephants and Whales
On Being
Aug 15, 201951:31pending