Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: theology as wisdom
- 1 Wisdom cries
- 2 A wisdom interpretation of scripture
- 3 Job!
- 4 Job and post-Holocaust wisdom
- 5 Jesus, the Spirit and desire: wisdom christology
- 6 Learning to live in the Spirit: tradition and worship
- 7 Loving the God of wisdom
- 8 An inter-faith wisdom: scriptural reasoning between Jews, Christians and Muslims
- 9 An interdisciplinary wisdom: knowledge, formation and collegiality in the negotiable university
- 10 An interpersonal wisdom: L'Arche, learning disability and the Gospel of John
- Conclusion: love's wisdom
- Index of citations
- Subject index
10 - An interpersonal wisdom: L'Arche, learning disability and the Gospel of John
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: theology as wisdom
- 1 Wisdom cries
- 2 A wisdom interpretation of scripture
- 3 Job!
- 4 Job and post-Holocaust wisdom
- 5 Jesus, the Spirit and desire: wisdom christology
- 6 Learning to live in the Spirit: tradition and worship
- 7 Loving the God of wisdom
- 8 An inter-faith wisdom: scriptural reasoning between Jews, Christians and Muslims
- 9 An interdisciplinary wisdom: knowledge, formation and collegiality in the negotiable university
- 10 An interpersonal wisdom: L'Arche, learning disability and the Gospel of John
- Conclusion: love's wisdom
- Index of citations
- Subject index
Summary
L'Arche is founded on the need for an intelligent, wise love, so that each person may discover who they are and grow to greater maturity. Love is at the heart of the Christian message.
Jean VanierThey cry out to us and there is a vulnerability in their cry. They need us to walk with them, to support them, to believe in them, and to reveal to them their gift. There is an immense power in their cry, which is a cry for friendship, for recognition and for acceptance. In listening to their cry and in responding to it by becoming their friends and companions on the journey, we discover that, in reality, we need them as much, if not more, than they need us. Just as we call forth the adult in them and help them to assume greater independence, they call forth the child in us and awaken in us the qualities of the heart.
Tim KearneyThe spirituality of L'Arche is based on the revolutionary ‘upside-down’ vision of the Beatitudes, on the paradox that our spiritual health and healing lies not in the pursuit of power, but in the welcome and integration of weakness, both in ourselves and the other:
Blessed are the poor in Spirit
Theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn
For they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the gentle,
For they will inherit the earth …
Blessed are the peace-makers
For they shall be called sons and daughters of God.
(Matthew 5:3–9)- Type
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- Christian WisdomDesiring God and Learning in Love, pp. 350 - 379Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007