tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604708.post3376093422430679475..comments2023-10-24T11:39:29.857-04:00Comments on the inconsistent adopted: g13http://www.blogger.com/profile/13856920828414078560noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604708.post-28367769472096254262007-03-01T08:07:00.000-05:002007-03-01T08:07:00.000-05:00Churches with Social Workers on staff is a fantast...Churches with Social Workers on staff is a fantastic suggestion. What do you think the church (as a whole) needs to get over in order to begin implementing this practice?jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223648349703832539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604708.post-4193744289799078152007-02-28T12:46:00.000-05:002007-02-28T12:46:00.000-05:00i agree with you about the dehumanizing tendencies...i agree with you about the dehumanizing tendencies of social services agent b. that's one of the reasons that i think Kingdom oriented social service accompaniment makes a whole lot of sense. of course, the latter role could easily be perverted into a form of propaganda and unwelcome proselytism, but that's another post altogether.<BR/><BR/>oh yeah, i love kozol as well.<BR/><BR/>fletchie, one of these days i'll start wearing form-fitting pastel sweaters and preaching sermons on <I>finding christ while organizing your closet</I>. you've just got to give me a little more time:)g13https://www.blogger.com/profile/13856920828414078560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604708.post-66042324045718146102007-02-28T00:09:00.000-05:002007-02-28T00:09:00.000-05:00sure and the next thing you will be telling me is ...sure and the next thing you will be telling me is that church should be more organic and about people not programs or dogma.<BR/><BR/>you will never be a famous pastor with lots of books with this kind of thinking.<BR/><BR/>buck up man i was hoping to ride your coat tails.<BR/><BR/><BR/>my word verification is purbak: like J-lo's - yeah baby that thing is purbak no plastic there.Mike Murrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953216797987615864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604708.post-66785959141356463332007-02-27T23:37:00.000-05:002007-02-27T23:37:00.000-05:00oops.Link hereoops.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Rachel-Her-Children-Homeless-Families/dp/0449903397" REL="nofollow">Link here</A>Agent Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722186597399802204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604708.post-77113588270633558992007-02-27T23:35:00.000-05:002007-02-27T23:35:00.000-05:00I agree. Churches shouldn't busy themselves by rep...I agree. Churches shouldn't busy themselves by replicating social services that are already available.<BR/><BR/>But within the service system there is always a lack of humanity. Not necessarily saying this is you or your work. But you know...people often become numbers, these numbers become stats which equates to funding, and on and on. A machine.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking more and more that people of christ are called to be friends to and treat those in the social service system like humans. Even if that can be only one person at a time.<BR/><BR/>...and I'm just speaking from the perspective of the fair mother city. Boston area social services could be a paradise for all I know.<BR/><BR/>Check out Jonathan Kozol's "<A HREF="http://address.html" REL="nofollow">Rachel & Her Children</A>". I think it shares my experience that the system is often a machine.Agent Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722186597399802204noreply@blogger.com