Originally posted by ivanhoe
Twenty five million American dollars ?
You've got some very shrude and exotic businessmen in the US, I can tell you that.
Did this scandal affect you in the way you treat your "clients", Kirk. I mean not touching them EVER for instance. Not going to see someone without a third person present as a witness etc etc ?
As I recall there were about 300 individuals receiving compensation in that settlement.
Touching is an excellent issue to discuss as it concerns appropiate boundaries. I frequently have the chance to talk to new ministry students about this issue. I have a couple of personal ground rules:
1) I never touch to meet my needs.
2) I most often will shake hands upon meeting someone.
3) I hug if there is a level of trust or I have been invited to.
4) I will most often hold hands in prayer.
5) I always try to touch the family pet as this is a good way to "make friends with the whole family."
I am most often in the company of others when I visit, so it's not really an issue. I can recall only one time where a male spouse of a female in the home asked me not to visit except when he was there as he did not want others to "get the wrong idea." O honored his request and thanked him for being honest. In their tradition, women do not show their legs or touch another man even in the most innocent of ways. Make-up is not allowed either. Women would never wear pants to church.