“Holding to the narrow way, as life-promising as it may be, has never been easy, and is especially difficult in our market-driven, industrial countries with their emphases on consumption and private gain. Very few today talk about or value solitude, creativity, friendship, dialogue, reflection, political and social action on behalf of oppressed persons — a different way of being in the world. All these possibilities for our lives would be nurtured in the small groups.”
–Elizabeth O’Connor, Servant Leaders, Servant Structures (1991), p. 95
