Damontae Skorzewski follows dream, trys out for Grand Rapids Thunder

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead

"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them."
(Thomas Merton, 1915-68)


The world has enough big ideas

-- what we need are more "living examples"

of doing something different.

(Adam Kahane)


In our own woundedness, we can become a source of life for others.

(Henri Nouwen)


The shoe that fits one person pinches another;

There is no recipe for living that fits all cases.

Carl Jung


"There’s a difference between doing things for people out of generosity and being with people. The whole reality of L’Arche is to enter into relationship and become vulnerable. There’s not an end or a goal that we’re seeking. It’s about the creation of a place where we can rejoice in our humanity because we’ve been bonded together."

"In meeting people with disabilities, many people discover something about themselves. There’s a discovery of who they are in their brokenness."

Jean Vanier (founder of L'Arche Communities)