Love Does (Stuff Like This)

I’ve been quoting this guy Bob Goff quite a bit lately.

That’s because I just read his book, Love Does. It’s the best book I’ve read in the past 18 months (out of 70+).

It’s one of those “I like it so much, I bought a big stack of ‘em to give to people” kind of books (I did).

A quick story about Bob…

Years ago, when Donald Miller was a young camper at a Seattle-area Young Life camp, his canoe landed on the shore of a large cabin along the river, which turned out to be Bob Goff’s house.

A friendship was born.

Several months ago, a young Ugandan boy fell into the hands of a witch doctor who emasculated him. Bob’s law firm went after the witch doctor and successfully prosecuted him.

Not long after, a small airplane was circling over the same river where Donald was canoeing as a boy—and the pilot inquired about the house. The passenger told him it was Bob Goff’s house and shared the story of the witch doctor.

The pilot turned out to be one of the top male reconstructive surgeons in the country… and redemption was born.

Here is a parade outside of Bob’s San Diego house, featuring that Ugandan boy—as grand marshal.