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Whoa! All of your information on this magical Carribean turnaround came from Campolo himself? Did you ever consider perhaps he was telling it from a different perspective?

Whoa! All of your information on this magical Carribean turnaround came from Campolo himself? Did you ever consider perhaps he was telling it from a different perspective?

The fifth dimension perspective.

The bulk of what was in his narrative was available in the corporate records and minutes of meetings.

Besides, he does not strike me as a liar or even as a proud self-agrandizing sort of person.

But, hey, ya'll have him judged and sentenced already. Perhaps you'd best inform God so God can carry out the sentence.

In terms of the info coming from Tony alone, I think there were 2 other men of his group in that meeting where he spoke. I don't remember what they had to say in support of the whole story.

BTW, Tony wrote WITH HIS SON one of the best books on fathering and rearing of sons that I've ever read. And, the full flavor of his quality values as well as his quality personality comes out full force in that book. It's also funy and extremely candid and vulnerable.

Personally, I'd think that voicing the kinds of criticisms ya'll are against him without reading any of his books or looking at a variety of his videos would be . . . at best wholesale UNChristian.

This is my favorite:

Things We Wish We Had Said: Reflections of a Father and His Grown Son by Tony Campolo (Hardcover - Aug 1989)

They both talk about the same incidents from their respective perspectives. Very touching and enlightening.

Carpe Diem is excellent.

I think this is an excellent book, too:

Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God by Tony Campolo.

I think these three have such experiences in it as the Caribbean one:

50 Ways You Can Feed a Hungry World by Tony Campolo and Gordon Aeschliman (Paperback - Oct 1991)

You Can Make a Difference by Tony Campolo (Hardcover - April 23, 2003)

101 Ways Your Church Can Change the World: A Guide to Help Christians Express the Love of Christ to a Needy World by Tony Campolo (Paperback - Dec 1993)

I loved this one:

It's Friday but Sunday's Comin' (Contemporary Classics) by Tony Campolo (Hardcover - Oct 14, 2002)

I think the following one is VERY GOOD for reading and discussing with teens and pre-teens:

Who Switched the Price Tags?: A Search for Values in a Mixed-Up World by Tony Campolo and Anthony Campolo (Hardcover - Oct 1986)