Charity Begins at Home

A Word in Season: Messages by R.J. Rushdoony on the Faith for All of Life · May 16, 2026 · 2m

Twice recently friends asked my opinion of glamorous new “charities” their women’s groups had adopted causes I’ll call the Friends of the Whoopee Indians and the Christian Mission to Ivy League Hopheads. I told them frankly I thought little of either, because real charity begins at home. In nearly every church there are elderly couples needing weekly help with housework, shopping, or caring for a bedridden spouse; there are mothers abandoned by their husbands who could use practical support, food, clothing, or assistance with children. But such charity requires personal involvement, not…