In the Bible, especially in the Prophets the real test of our religion is how sensitive are we to the widow, the orphan and the stranger, in other words to the most vulnerable. In many ways our society has become more caring, more sensitive to the needs of those at the margins. But there is always the danger that state care can become impersonal and bureaucratic. A series of Reith lectures on the BBC a few years ago dealt with the difference between a culture of trust and a culture of accountability. We once had the former, for various reasons it has been largely replaced with the latter. It is nlot necessarily better.There is always the tendency to think that so long as all the forms have been filled in and procedures and protocols have been gone through that we have done well, but so easily the element of love of charity, of human warmth and care can be missing from these procedures.
in: http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/hemer/deuscaritasest.htm
A culture of trust and a culture of accountability.
Of course is TRUST a very important woord.
To trust, to be trusted...
To care...
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