As most have read, Chuck Colson has passed on. I didn't know him, but I much admired him, and read two of his books:
Life Sentence and
Kingdoms in Conflict. I highly recommend both, especially the latter.
Chuck exemplified the kind of Christianity that actually matters and does some real good, in stark contrast to the mad-at-gays-and-abortion crowd which gets waaaaaay too much press.
National Review has a collection of remembrances by folks who knew Chuck; well worth reading:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/296775/colson-s-life-and-legacy-nro-symposium here's a little from Michael Cromartie:
Chuck took seriously the admonition of Hebrews 13:3: “Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them.” I traveled with him as we visited state and federal prisons throughout the country. Observing Chuck speak in prison chapels and visiting with inmates on death row was a remarkable experience. Any elitism he had from his patrician upbringing or Nixon White House days was gone. He cared about the inmates, about the conditions they lived in, and about their plight — and they knew it. They were often big, burly, tattooed men of every race and background. Chuck hugged them all.
I saw him do this often — away from the TV cameras and the media — and it was always quite moving.
Many of the obits about Chuck have highlighted that he was Nixon’s “hatchet man” and “dirty-tricks specialist.” Too little has been said about the man who spent the better part of his life, post-Watergate, caring “for the least of these.”
