ThomasMore
01-25-2008, 03:26 PM
Colson (http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=7471):
Former Minnesota Governor Al Quie remembers hoboes—as they were called—showing up at his family’s dairy farm during the Great Depression. “Evidently our farm was known as a place where they could get a meal,” says Quie. His parents always served their unexpected guests in the formal dining room—a place usually reserved for holidays or for a visiting Lutheran minister. The lesson Al learned was simple, yet profound: Respect the dignity of every person.
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Al Quie is also a man who, at the height of the Watergate scandal, reached out to a disgraced advisor to President Nixon: one Chuck Colson. Seven months into my prison term, I was facing a pair of family crises. Al called and said he was going to go see the president to ask Gerald Ford if he, Al, could serve the rest of my prison sentence. I was overwhelmed. His willingness to lay down his life for me was a turning point: I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jesus Christ was real.
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Today, at age 84, Al still spends hours ministering in prisons...Quie is a mentor, teacher, and even surrogate father and grandfather to many of the men—modeling his faith in Christ.
“The guys know that he lives out what he talks about,” says John Byrne, director of the Minnesota unit. “It really gives them a boost to know that someone of his background and experience wants to spend time with them and cares about their growth.”
Former Minnesota Governor Al Quie remembers hoboes—as they were called—showing up at his family’s dairy farm during the Great Depression. “Evidently our farm was known as a place where they could get a meal,” says Quie. His parents always served their unexpected guests in the formal dining room—a place usually reserved for holidays or for a visiting Lutheran minister. The lesson Al learned was simple, yet profound: Respect the dignity of every person.
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Al Quie is also a man who, at the height of the Watergate scandal, reached out to a disgraced advisor to President Nixon: one Chuck Colson. Seven months into my prison term, I was facing a pair of family crises. Al called and said he was going to go see the president to ask Gerald Ford if he, Al, could serve the rest of my prison sentence. I was overwhelmed. His willingness to lay down his life for me was a turning point: I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jesus Christ was real.
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Today, at age 84, Al still spends hours ministering in prisons...Quie is a mentor, teacher, and even surrogate father and grandfather to many of the men—modeling his faith in Christ.
“The guys know that he lives out what he talks about,” says John Byrne, director of the Minnesota unit. “It really gives them a boost to know that someone of his background and experience wants to spend time with them and cares about their growth.”