tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10881824.post112688798838591159..comments2024-02-17T07:44:05.334-08:00Comments on Sinning Boldly: Seeing PovertyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835278970174444409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10881824.post-1127671168296808632005-09-25T10:59:00.000-07:002005-09-25T10:59:00.000-07:00And of course there was the time 20 years ago that...And of course there was the time 20 years ago that "the town bag lady" (as she was called) started coming to our church regularly. The church council actually proposed giving her an assigned seat in worship so that her smell could be isolated. Jesus went to people like her, but our church runs away from them.Chris Duckworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569502792071232013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10881824.post-1126910194270456532005-09-16T15:36:00.000-07:002005-09-16T15:36:00.000-07:00When I see people's Internet postings making plati...When I see people's Internet postings making platitudinous pronouncements about the poor, it becomes clear to me that most of them don't know what it's like to be poor, and don't personally know poor people. They just <I>don't get it.</I> The whole stupidity regarding "Why didn't those people evacuate when they were told to?" Right; they'll just pile in the family Escapade with their credit cards in hand and find a Radisson on high ground. [rolling eyes]LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.com