by Bob Goff, 2018
Al H. recommended this book. Redeemer Lutheran was reading it. It’s about loving everyone always, even your most despised enemies. It’s full of stories about the creative ways in which he has loved others. There’s a chapter about not telling people about the good you have done because you’ve done it to Jesus so He already knows, but then this book is full of stories about the good he’s done. He is very funny, but I didn’t like him. (So much for loving everybody always!) However, the last few chapters were about him going after a witch doctor in Uganda and being the first one to get one convicted and sent to prison. Then, he adopted the little boy the witch doctor almost killed, but even more, he went and visited the witch doctor in the horrible prison in Uganda. The witch doctor wanted forgiveness and came to Christ, and Bob Goff says they both came closer to Christ through this. He has since set up schools for the witch doctors and more and more are coming to Christ. That is simply wonderful! The colorful splotches on the cover of the book are actually the fingerprints of some of these witch doctors.
He’s from San Diego, extremely wealthy, was a lawyer and a diplomat to Uganda. He loves his wife, Sweet Maria, and his children, one of whom is named Adam and is quite the adventurer; sky diving, flying, motorcycling. His first book is Love Does, and he has a charitable organization called lovedoes.org. The one thing that stands out is that Jesus did call us to love our enemies, and that is not easy, but beautiful things happen when you do.