News item: Los Angeles police are accusing their counterparts from nearby suburbs (such as Pasadena) of driving homeless people to the city and dumping them there, where they can get “services.” Suburban officials admit there was a problem with driving and dumping “in the past” but swear up and down they’re not doing it now.
Perhaps LA officials should return the favor. They’ll take other cities’ homeless, in exchange for driving and dumping their own gangbangers, shoplifters, and jaywalkers.
On second thought, perhaps Pasadena and its wealthy neighbors should stop acting like the priest and the Levite and take a personal role in helping the homeless get back on their feet. What a disgrace.
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
