Showing all posts by tag "charity"
Transformative Charity
June 23rd, 2014
Toxic Charity: Another Perspective
Over the next few weeks we will have a short series of guest blogs that touch on many of the same questions I've raised while discussing toxic chaity in my last few blogs. As promised in our last post, here is part two our guest blog from...
Transformative Charity
June 9th, 2014
Toxic Charity: Another Perspective
Over the next few weeks we will have a short series of guest blogs that touch on many of the same questions I've raised while discussing toxic chaity in my last few blogs. Today we have the first part of a blog from Access of West Michigan...
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...
The Greatest Gift of All
December 23rd, 2013
'Tis the season of gift giving. Families, friends, co-workers, vendors, postal workers, teachers...all the people you have meant well through the previous year receive a momento.. From that diamond ring to garish tie to the old-family-recipe brandy-soaked fruitcake; throw in a dozen...
What to do with that left-over flex account
December 3rd, 2010
Matt Anderson to Bruce Roller:
Hi Bruce. I would appreciate if you wrote a quick blog about what health care items that individuals could use their excess flex spending money on that organization like UCOM would benefit from receiving as donations. It’s possible I will have...
