Tender to the WorldJean Vaniers spiritual vision and sense of humour shaped LArche, but the organization was also informed by its surprising history with the United Church of Canada. In Tender to the World Carolyn Whitney Brown explores the connections between the two organizations through diverse critical insights from Julia Kristeva, Doreen Massey, and Mikhail Bakhtin, as well as Vanier's controversial articulation of the gift of weakness. Tracing the five decade