"…the moral challenge of generosity can also push people to confront and overcome their emotional, existential fears about insufficiency, their psychological perceptions of scarcity as a mode of life that governs their world…"
This week, I’m reading a quote from The Paradox of Generosity by Christian Smith and Hilary Davidson. 2014 edition.
Reflection questions:
- If you work in an organization with a culture of insecurity and scarcity, what are ways you fortify a culture of abundance in yourself and that which you have direct control over?
- If one of your community partners is stuck in a culture of insecurity and scarcity, how can you create boundaries so that culture doesn’t permeate the culture of the nonprofit you serve? And, how can you model the culture of abundance in your organization to your community?
To purchase this book: The Paradox of Generosity by Christian Smith and Hilary Davidson.
Copyright: Oxford University Press 2014. Reproduced with permission of the Licensor through PLSclear.
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