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Toxic Charity: What it is and how to avoid it

September 13, 2021

Toxic Charity: What it is and how to avoid it

Our founder Bob Lupton published Toxic Charity ten years ago. After years of working alongside neighbors in Atlanta, he realized the ways that well-meaning people who wanted to help ended up causing harm to the very people they wanted to serve. His passion to help...

The Limitations of Ministry Metaphors

July 22, 2019

The Limitations of Ministry Metaphors

“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” ~ Desmond Tutu When I first ran into this quote, I laughed out loud. I didn’t laugh because the quote is funny, but...