Comments on: Searching for the Face of God - by Kelsey Vandeventer http://soulation.org/breakfastreading/2012/01/searching-for-the-face-of-god.html good any time of day Fri, 17 May 2013 22:49:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kelsey Vandeventer http://soulation.org/breakfastreading/2012/01/searching-for-the-face-of-god.html#comment-1173 Kelsey Vandeventer Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:09:34 +0000 http://soulation.org/breakfastreading/?p=1868#comment-1173 Thanks, Molly! I wish I had read it as a kid! I just heard about it a few years ago from a professor. Lovely, isn’t it?

]]> By: Molly Davis http://soulation.org/breakfastreading/2012/01/searching-for-the-face-of-god.html#comment-1170 Molly Davis Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:03:43 +0000 http://soulation.org/breakfastreading/?p=1868#comment-1170 I loooove the story about the fox… I remember hearing it as a little girl, and though the rest of the story’s meaning escaped me, the image of the fox offering to be tamed was etched inside of me. Great thoughts. Thanks for sharing. :)

]]> By: Kelsey Vandeventer http://soulation.org/breakfastreading/2012/01/searching-for-the-face-of-god.html#comment-1149 Kelsey Vandeventer Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:21:51 +0000 http://soulation.org/breakfastreading/?p=1868#comment-1149 Thank you, C.J.! I’ve never heard of Jean Vanier. I
will check him out! Thanks for what you wrote. Such a sad, tragic story from your Dad… but I know it happens often. Those people are brave who call in.

Beautiful stories, especially children’s stories, remind me of what matters. And these things that matter are usually very simple– friendship, love, bravery, forgiveness. And hopefully this awareness helps me to see people better, myself better. I hope.

]]> By: C.J. http://soulation.org/breakfastreading/2012/01/searching-for-the-face-of-god.html#comment-1145 C.J. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:43:38 +0000 http://soulation.org/breakfastreading/?p=1868#comment-1145 This and your previous post are really lovely and challenging. I became familiar with some Jean Vanier readings and he very much shares this idea of relationship and community as essential to knowing ourselves, others and Christ. I’m sure you know of him – but if you don’t, I highly recommend his writings, especially around this subject! :)

I was talking about this very idea of community with my Dad recently, he was a policeman in Toronto for many years. He told me that often they would get calls where it was clear that nothing is really wrong but the person just needed to talk to someone, to not feel alone.

How sad is it that people are calling 911 just to connect, to feel alive and heard!? That breaks my heart. We are so clearly made for community but our world – or at least the city I’m in – is set up to disconnect. It’s quite easy to go through a day without engaging anyone!

Thanks for putting it so eloquently. The Little Prince and Les Mis are two of my all time favourite stories – lovely to see all the connections there.

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