The Value of the Homeless
March 7, 2009
Here’s a question: What is the value of the homeless in our church today. If we are to do to the least of these, then what value do we place on the dirtiest of these? I once worked at a church where a pastor said, “maybe we could bus the homeless over to the video venue…they might be more comfortable there, don’t you think?” No joke, I was not happy about it. To give this story context, we were talking about the homeless program at the church bringing people in and how they disrupt the service or make people uncomfortable.
So, I ask again: What value does the church place on a dirty, no money having, probably still drunk, disrupting the service bum?
for some reason, reading this post, made me think of this one:
http://randymooney.com/?p=655
is it because my name is ron?
Great post over there. Good point on if we tolerate the homeless or if we are genuinely loving them. I think the church tolerates them most of the time.
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