Tag: charity

Our need for privacy has been accentuated by the way we live, in which goods and services arrive seemingly out of the ether, things we’ve bought to consume, throw away, or do with what we wish. The faces and hands behind these goods are invisible to us.

A Good Party, Tara Isabella Burton suggests, is “a place where bonds of friendship, fostered in a spirit of both charity and joy, serve as the building blocks for communal life overall.” With 52 contributors filling almost 500 pages, we’re speaking of something close to a block party, one at which we run into some familiar faces, meet a number of wonderful new people, and even glimpse a few Almost Famous People.

There is nothing morally wrong with being poor, and the stigmatization that affects the poor probably only adds more to their burden.

True charity draws all people, each one gifted and broken, into an interdependent community.

The Pernicious Nature of Charity There is a pernicious force that operates in all societies, but especially in ours and especially in these sad days....

Maybe you are the kind of donor who supports nonprofits in your community. Like many Americans, you give or tithe through your church or...