“Dignity, not pity, will work every time.”
I know many of you are reading the blog more than the book. If you are doing that, please read chapter 13. First metaphorically, then in live-bodied detail, Lupton tells the story of moving from individual betterment to community-wide development.
And here’s where my earlier comments about imagination and dreaming come in again. We can do this. Food co-op’s are possible; so are community restaurants. It’s really doable. We need some dreamers and some social entrepreneurs. The money will follow the vision and the community’s commitment.
Now I’m not sure the dignity will work every time…but I do think we should how leave pity for something more beautiful, more enduring.
May God give us the sanctified imaginations and emboldened courage to work for better ways.
G
