fatvegan

We had a L'Arche gathering a few months back. I wrote down some things to share with the people there.

• L'Arche needs something radical
  • it has become a solution not a sign
  • people don't participate because of the number of people the organisation can support
• Assistant movement should be symmetrical around the world
  • one country shouldn't have all it's assistance provided by overseas assistants
• Core purpose of the community must be owned by the community (life in the houses)
• Community life must be imaginable
  • without that there is no sign, it just becomes a funny and finite experiment
• At one point L'Arche definitely had something to say to the world, and people listened to that
• L'Arche is one radical idea, facilitated by an enormous and conservative structure and legacy
• What role do leaders have who exclude themselves from the possibility of full involvement in the community?

Probably won't make much sense out of context, but I suppose it's a summary of why I think L'Arche is struggling. I'd like to rightwrite a proper something about my experience there some time.