Wed 3 Dec 2025. I See You: The Person Behind the Begging Bowl.

Today's guests urge a kind of charity that looks past the statistics and sees the individual. Dr Bonnie Robinson of the Salvation Army's Social Policy and Parliament Unit shares testimonies of lives transformed through transitional housing, prisoner reintegration, and addiction services. (salvationarmy.org.nz)And broadcaster John Cowan mulls over how to respond to street beggars - the moral pull to help, versus a dilemma about practical consequences & feeding dependency.Join the conversation and text your thoughts to 8168, keyword 'Comments'.  Visit www.thoughtsandcomments.co.nz for more content.Support Rhema: https://donate.rhemamedia.co.nz/?brand=rhema&utm_source=omnystudio&utm_medium=linkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.