…as Faenza likes to tell his staff, the more times a person has been in jail, been arrested or beaten up, the more welcome he will be at the center.
“We want this place to be very slow to reject anybody,” Faenza says. “You don’t have to be likable to deserve services. You can be aggravating and annoying and still deserve services….They are not going to act grateful. But you can’t lecture. You can’t coerce. You can’t shame people.”
This comes from a story about The Bridge – a homeless shelter in Dallas. I hope my home, my community group, my tribe, my communities of faith are the same way. I would hate to know a homeless shelter is more welcoming than the Body of Christ.
