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David Drury's avatar

Great reflection here on Tony Campolo. I was not directly influenced by Tony--other than that as a young kid I was personally present at the conference where he dropped the S-bomb, and saw some of the fallout which I guess I kind of secretly loved as a kid behind the curtain with perhaps no small amount of ecclessial provocation in my DNA ;-). Perhaps subconsciously Tony's approach influenced me as we launched with the big loving heart behind the org Immigrant Connection... our unofficial motto has been "Immigration is an issue; Immigrants are people." Funny how that directly follows the kind of phrasing you use in this great reflection on Tony's "way"... I admire that way of thinking about real people. May my doctrine never inspire me to treat any person as less than one who also carries the image of God from the day they were conceived, even if I have a different view of important things than they do..

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Stevan Sheets's avatar

I so appreciate your words and perspective-adjusting nudges!

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