Opinion: It's a lifestyle choice to work in charity

By John Knight, Third Sector, 7 May 2008

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has been in the news again recently, reminding us all of the tragedy that is Zimbabwe. The archbishop also gave an inspiring sermon at Leonard Cheshire Disability's 60th anniversary service at St Paul's Cathedral a few weeks back.

Known for his evangelistic oratory, Dr Sentamu lamented the current "self-help" obsession in our society. He illustrated this with the fact that Americans spent nearly $700m on self-help books in 2005 and that in Britain in the same year, five of the top best-selling books were about self-help. Depressingly, the...

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