Showing all posts by tag "Compassion"
Braving Change
February 1st, 2024
Guest blog by Erik Keener
from the UCOM Communicator Winter Newsletter
For most of us change is difficult. Whether it’s a new job, moving, an addition to the family, mourning the loss of a loved one, or just trying something different, any...
Thoughts on Toxic Charity by Robert Lupton: Part 4
May 12th, 2014
Part 4 in a 4 part series
In my first couple of posts in this series I wrote about 10 principles of Lupton’s book Toxic Charity with which I agree. In Part 3 I wrote of the broad statements that seem to me to go too far. Here are a...
Thoughts on Toxic Charity by Robert Lupton: Part 3
April 28th, 2014
Part 3 in a 4 part series
The devil's in the details
In my past couple of blogs I wrote about 10 principles of Lupton’s book Toxic Charity with which I agree. Now to the areas where I think Robert Lupton may go too far.
Broad...
Thoughts on Toxic Charity by Robert Lupton: Part 2
April 14th, 2014
Part 2 in a 4 part series:
More Good Principles
Last posting I wrote about 5 principles in the book Toxic Charity. These were values with which many of my colleagues in providing social and community services and I completely agree. Here are five more. If you think...
Thoughts on Toxic Charity by Robert Lupton: Part 1
March 31st, 2014
Part 1 in a 4 part series:
Agreeing with the Principles
A popular book that has made the rounds in church and social services circles for the past couple of years is Robert Lupton’s Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse...
Courageous Compassion
June 10th, 2013
Connecting with another is always risky. It's more than being known by the company we keep. Connecting goes deeper than the superficial, "What will the neighbors think?" Compassion is more than pity. It is empathy--feeling with. "I know how you...
