some reflections might include:
- generosity is not handout. Foreign Aid for example is not generous if it all it does is throw good money after bad. It needs to create an environment which can begin to generate its own support. In seeing this as a goal we should be generous, even if for the most selfish reasons, because enabling people to reestablish self-sufficiency is to everyone's advantage. It needs to not just make the giver feel good but truly benefit the one who receives the gift.
- generosity is not so much an economic stance, nor is it a state of mind but rather a disposition of the heart. Or am I just an incurable romantic.
- generosity is not entirely pragmatic and will confront the giver to do more than is prudent.
- BUT how can one be generous to those whose lives have been shattered by abuse. There is not necessarily connection between financial generosity and what is needed to fully address the needs of people who have been abused
- This should not be an excuse to not be overwhelmingly generous, but rather a challenge to recognise that generosity is multi-faceted.
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Think stewardship.
let not "stewardship" be a catchcry for meanness
If throwing good money after bad is not generosity, neither is it good stewardship. There is more to the question than some would have us think.
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