Comments on: Professional Panhandler Assaults Churchman http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/08/04/professional-panhandler-assaults-churchman/ Let these stones be a witness to what we have done here this day. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Fariss http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/08/04/professional-panhandler-assaults-churchman/#comment-7714 John Fariss Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:54:29 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/08/04/professional-panhandler-assaults-churchman/#comment-7714 A couple of years ago, there was a guy who stood on US 1 almost at the intersection of I-95/495 in Virginia (just outside Washington, DC). His sign read, "Have job and home, just want more money!" And it's not an urban legend--it was not only featured on local TV, I saw it myself, coming back from a church member's retirement party in Pentagon City. And believe it or not, people were stopping and giving him money. John Fariss A couple of years ago, there was a guy who stood on US 1 almost at the intersection of I-95/495 in Virginia (just outside Washington, DC). His sign read, “Have job and home, just want more money!” And it’s not an urban legend–it was not only featured on local TV, I saw it myself, coming back from a church member’s retirement party in Pentagon City. And believe it or not, people were stopping and giving him money.

John Fariss

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The best answer I have is that there isn’t a good answer for it, just as there isn’t a good answer for pregnancy as the result of incest, etc. Jesus is the only answer for sin, and that’s not always “good” in human eyes.

]]> By: Pablo http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/08/04/professional-panhandler-assaults-churchman/#comment-7710 Pablo Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:10:45 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/08/04/professional-panhandler-assaults-churchman/#comment-7710 We deal with this stuff every day (our church is right off a main highway), and after 20 years of dealing with "professionals," I am at a loss for knowing what to do. My attitude has shifted from concern to callousness to indifference to repentance and back. My experience is that it is mainly the "professionals" who come in asking for stuff (gas, money, rent, bills paid, night at a hotel, etc), and the folks who are really in circumstantial need don't come to churches. How can we be good stewards and give the "right" help to hurting (whether they know it or not) people. I hope that this post sparks some serious discussion, and look forward to checking back. Thanks. We deal with this stuff every day (our church is right off a main highway), and after 20 years of dealing with “professionals,” I am at a loss for knowing what to do. My attitude has shifted from concern to callousness to indifference to repentance and back. My experience is that it is mainly the “professionals” who come in asking for stuff (gas, money, rent, bills paid, night at a hotel, etc), and the folks who are really in circumstantial need don’t come to churches. How can we be good stewards and give the “right” help to hurting (whether they know it or not) people. I hope that this post sparks some serious discussion, and look forward to checking back. Thanks.

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