Fiction That Forms Us: Stories that Inspire Us and Practices that Help Us Change - Les Misérables, Part 2 - The Spiritual Practices of Simplicity and Generosity

Les Misérables, Part 2 - The Spiritual Practices of Simplicity and Generosity

10/17/22 • 22 min

Fiction That Forms Us: Stories that Inspire Us and Practices that Help Us Change

What do simplicity, availability, and darkness have to do with spiritual formation? Find out on this episode, where Renovaré President Ted Harro and host Kristy Lahoda discuss how Bishop Bienvenu, from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, has understood what the good life really means and has lived it out.

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Les Misérables, Part 1 - A Conversation about Bishop Bienvenu

What do silver candle sticks, flowers, and a bishop named Welcome have to do with spiritual formation? Find out on this episode, where Renovaré President, Ted Harro, joins host Kristy Lahoda as they discuss how Monseigneur Bienvenu, from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, became a virtuous man who spread gentle goodness wherever he went.

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