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unChristian http://unchristian.wordpress.com lets not be... Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:22:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png unChristian http://unchristian.wordpress.com day.009 http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/day-009/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/day-009/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:22:57 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=101 ]]> Whoops. Thanksgiving + Christmas make for a serious disaster when it comes to reading.

“Loading up a depressed neighborhood with services-faith-based or otherwise- does nothing to reverse that downward siral. As a matter of fact, concentrating social servicse can actually draw more needy recipients into an area-hardly a good community-development strategy.” pg.90

“No community, however, can become or long remain vital if it is dominated by ever-expanding institutions that use up disporportionage amounts of its land at the expense of its residential fabric.” pg.103

“Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life” by Robert Lupton

]]> http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/day-009/feed/ 0 chuchutrain day.008 http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/day-008/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/day-008/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:34:34 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=98 ]]> “The progression from betterment toward development is a natural one, assuming we do not lock in our programs and get stuck in one mode.” pg.77

“The journey from betterment to development is neither smooth nor easy. … Look deeply into the eyes of the poor and let what you see determine the approach you take in ministry. Dignity, not pity, will win every time.” pg.81

“Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life” by Robert Lupton

]]> http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/day-008/feed/ 0 chuchutrain day.007 http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/day-007/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/day-007/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:32:08 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=95 ]]> “To pretend that, given equal opportunity, all prople could do equally well is a romantic and altogether unhelpful notion. Our hearts may desire it to be so and political correctness may keep us from publicly saying otherwise, but kindhearted denial is hardly kindness. We are equal neither in capacity nor potential. We are equal only in responsibility.” pg.71

“Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life” by Robert Lupton

]]> http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/day-007/feed/ 0 chuchutrain day.006 http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/day-006/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/day-006/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:51:07 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=93 ]]> “…two things are certain: A community devoid of the influence of the Church will surely suffer from a lack of spiritual vitality. And a church alienated from the people who live around it can hardly bear faithful witness to its creed.” pg.64

“Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life” by Robert Lupton

]]> http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/day-006/feed/ 0 chuchutrain day.005 http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/day-005/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/day-005/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:15:34 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=89 ]]> “Betterment does for others; development enables others to do for themselves. Betterment improves conditions; development strengthens capacity. Betterment gives a man a fish; development teaches a man how to fish.” pg.39

“If we are to rightly care for those in need, the responsibility lies with those with the resources to create systems of exchange built on interdependency rather then dependency. Though our hearts have compelled us to begin with compassionate betterment activities, we must engage our minds to move toward development.” pg.51

“We get out of the business of giving away. We start using our heads as well as our hearts to build value into people and relationships-value realized only when authentic exchange occurs.” pg.51

“Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life” by Robert Lupton

]]> http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/day-005/feed/ 0 chuchutrain day.004 http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/day-004/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/day-004/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:48:44 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=83 ]]> “Doing for others what they can do for themselves is charity at its worst. New technologies of charity must be developed to bring the dignity of reciprocity into the practice. We must come to deeply believe that every person, no matter how destitute or broken has something of worth to bring to the table. And although the alternatives to one-way charity may be complex to create,m this underlying belief in the necessity for every human to pull his full capacity will guide us toward healthy mutuality with those we would assist.” pg.31

“Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life” by Robert Lupton

]]> http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/day-004/feed/ 0 chuchutrain day.003 http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/day-003/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/day-003/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:34:43 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=64 ]]> “When our culture traded front-porch neighborhood life for private backyard patios, when we succumbed to the seduction of individualism and lost touch with our next-door neighbors, a void was created in the spirit of our people that chat rooms cannot fill.” pg.30

“Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life” by Robert Lupton

]]> http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/day-003/feed/ 0 chuchutrain day.002 http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/day-002/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/day-002/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:49:50 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=60 ]]> “When my motivation is to change people, I inadvertently communicate: Something is wrong with you, but (quite subtly) I am okay. If our relationship is defined as healer/patient, then I must remain well and they must remain sick in order for our interaction to continue. Since one does not go to the doctor when he is well, curing, then, cannot long serve as the basis for any relationship that is life-enhancing for both participants.” pg. 22

“We know that reciprocity builds mutual respect while one-way giving brews contempt.” pg 27

“Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life” by Robert Lupton

]]> http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/day-002/feed/ 2 chuchutrain day.001 http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/day-01/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/day-01/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:10:39 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=49 ]]> “When we skip over the Great Commandment on the way to fulfilling the Great Comission, we do great harm to the authenticity of the faith.” pg.16

“Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life – Rethinking Ministry to the Poor” by Robert Lupton

]]> http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/day-01/feed/ 0 chuchutrain Place holder http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/place-holder/ http://unchristian.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/place-holder/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:41:25 +0000 chuchutrain http://unchristian.wordpress.com/?p=34 ]]> Just a gap to separate another life that this blog once had…

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