Toxic Charity #3: The values that come from helping others:

Having listed problems with Mission trips I want to emphasize that these are no excuse for not doing Mission trips or works of charity. There is such an emphasis today on the down sides of helping that we might consider that to be politically correct. But, to quote Walter Brueggemann “When did compassion, concern for the poor and downtrodden become politicized?”  This is a basic part of the Judeo-Christian religions! We are not allowed to dismantle current ways of helping others until we find a better way. We can only improve or transition from one method to another, but always doing what we can individually and collectively.