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A crisis requires emergency intervention; A chronic problem requires development. Address a crisis need with a crisis intervention, And lives are saved. Address a chronic need with a crisis intervention, And people are harmed. Bob Lupton writes this in his latest blog and it should make us Salvation Army people wince, get defensive, … Read more
Bob Lupton’s “Toxic Charity”
Read Bob Lupton’s latest Urban Perspective blog about a Texas church that gave what was not wanted. It’s an excerpt from his newest book about to be released, Toxic Charity. I’ll be looking for a copy at the CCDA Conference in October. Bob will likely be there, too.
Stripped Down Theology For Bare Places
We are now on ‘furlough’, what Salvation Army officers call vacation. I am catching up on reading email. Most of it: delete. I do check NY Times for Verlyn Klinkenborg columns, notes from friends (Dean Kellenburger’s Wisconsin outdoors news), and FCS Urban Perspectives from Bob Lupton in Atlanta. Bob writes from an experience typical among those who work … Read more
Bob Lupton: The Urban Witness
Bob Lupton’s latest blog slams institutional Christianity. Ouch. Professional pastors. Church planters. Institutional self-interest. Seminaries. Church growth. Oww, oww. He gets us all, writing of “Unity – The Forgotten Commandment” appropriate in the context of this Holy Week and Jesus’ words from John 15. Lupton challenges us to a witness which demonstrates to the world … Read more
