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Sitting with Those who Sit Alone
出版UNOH, Urban Neighbours of Hope, 2013
ISBN09870994509780987099457
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dEU9ngEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Getting alongside the vulnerable and disenfranchised, the difficult and the distant is not an easy task. Mick Duncan, having faced difficult transitions in his own life, was drawn to work in the slums of Manila where he worked alongside people in the poorest communities as they rediscovered a sense of confidence and place and was deeply challenged about how this role might be applied in a western context back home in his native New Zealand, in Australia, the US or the UK? The reality is there are vulnerable people in every neighbourhood, whether they are wealthy or poor in our professional, social, church or family worlds. The may need friends, mentors, counsellors and other professionals to help them work through their issues but they also need an alongsider. The alongsider is more than a friend but less than a professional; someone who will take the time to hear their story without making surface judgements, someone they can learn to trust and walk with as they begin to re-engage and rediscover their sense of inner worth. So what does it mean to walk with people who have been rejected by others, who are considered outsiders or unlovely? How can you stay the distance and make a difference with such people as they look for a way forward? This book explores what it means to enter into and negotiate these difficult but rewarding and restorative relationships.