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The Second Calling: A novel inspired by the life and work of Jean Vanier
On the edge of a village near Seville, southern Spain, at the end of a dusty road running through fields of sunflowers and olive trees, is a house which is home to a community of people. The residents of the House of Bethany work together, eat together, laugh together and cry together, celebrating the life that God has given them. Every member of the community is unique, yet each has come to the house for a reason É even if they do not yet know what that reason is. The House of Bethany is a place in which people discover their second calling: a purpose so surprising, so far beyond expectation, that it can only be learned from each other. The Second Calling is a novel inspired by the life and work of Jean Vanier (recipient of the Templeton Prize in 2015) and the ministry of LÕArche, a worldwide network of communities in which people with and without intellectual disabilities live together.
- GenresFiction
400 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2017
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November 12, 2023
Enjoyed this despite it not being the kind of book I normally read.
It's chock full of good people doing good things, specifically as part of a community of people looking after people that are disadvantaged in some way or another.
Enjoyable in the way that visiting another country and seeing how other people live is enjoyable. You get to see new stuff. Well, it is new to me.
Funnily enough, I started reading it as I set off to go to San Francisco and then found out that one of the main characters is from there. And whilst there in SF I stayed in a spiritual community much like the one in the book.
It was nice to be there but it's also nice to be back home; which is pretty much how I feel about finishing the book.
Read it if you are sympathetic, empathetic or compassionate.
It's chock full of good people doing good things, specifically as part of a community of people looking after people that are disadvantaged in some way or another.
Enjoyable in the way that visiting another country and seeing how other people live is enjoyable. You get to see new stuff. Well, it is new to me.
Funnily enough, I started reading it as I set off to go to San Francisco and then found out that one of the main characters is from there. And whilst there in SF I stayed in a spiritual community much like the one in the book.
It was nice to be there but it's also nice to be back home; which is pretty much how I feel about finishing the book.
Read it if you are sympathetic, empathetic or compassionate.
Displaying 1 of 1 review