tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post9094346998320194839..comments2023-11-05T12:41:31.171+00:00Comments on The Kneeler: Christian Charity or Selling Out?Angela Shier-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14293459698056190963noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-22061595316756842092010-06-01T02:29:35.400+01:002010-06-01T02:29:35.400+01:00I don't get a lot of this. But today (bank hol...I don't get a lot of this. But today (bank holiday) got someone at the door at 8:20am (well known to me).<br /><br />This one is a challenge as I know that if I say no they will go to some very elderly and vulnerable members of the Church and ask for money from them (one of the differences of a small town context).<br /><br />Anyway I said I would get food (have in the past topped up DaveWhttp://42.blogs.warnock.me.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-76435254865579992292010-05-28T12:42:57.131+01:002010-05-28T12:42:57.131+01:00I really do sympathise Julie - thanks for the comm...I really do sympathise Julie - thanks for the comment it emphasises how common the problem is.<br />Thanks Dave, thanks Pam for the comments and support.<br />I will certainly look up the book Pam,<br />Like you I don't believe it is my 'job' to enable con-(wo)men or sociopaths, but there are a frighteningly large number of them who seem to think it is.. It's one of the downsides Angela Shier-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293459698056190963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-66601999506723731352010-05-28T02:42:37.448+01:002010-05-28T02:42:37.448+01:00I do not believe we have to give in to con-men. A...I do not believe we have to give in to con-men. As you say here, I was always acutely aware (and this is something I struggle with in a multiple of ways) that much of the "church's money" came from pensioners and/or people who made less than my stipend.<br /><br />I think that Anonymous gave probably the best answer here and maybe the following comment is not helpful, but the book PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-84351774570449469822010-05-27T22:21:52.376+01:002010-05-27T22:21:52.376+01:00May tomorrow be a day of real blessing for you and...May tomorrow be a day of real blessing for you and those around youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-75225893255810391992010-05-27T16:50:58.559+01:002010-05-27T16:50:58.559+01:00Sadly, such 'needs' can never be satisfied...Sadly, such 'needs' can never be satisfied. If you had handed over money, there would be a risk that he'd come back in a few days or tell his friends to come. I know that you know these things; I mention them because I, too, used to struggle with them when I lived in Central London before I fell ill.<br /><br />I found myself wondering if the deeper issue was a sense of injustice thatDavid Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940630551929536335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-31791318155158658002010-05-27T16:39:58.875+01:002010-05-27T16:39:58.875+01:00I have been away this week so it was my husband wh...I have been away this week so it was my husband who caught all the abuse when he offered to take someone where they needed to go but not to give them the money asked for. They are connected with the church and have been told we will not give money to him for some very good reasons. Sadly he then went to another leader who gave the money 'to get him out of my hair' despite a leadership Julienoreply@blogger.com