This is Dakota... The keynote speaker on Thursday night was Shane Claiborne. He has lived his life working for justice and risking his life to practice discipleship. He told a really touching story, that impacted my thinking a lot! He told us that where he lives in Philadelphia. It is illegal to feed or clothe the homeless, it is also illegal for them to beg for money. He went on to say how he felt about that law. He had felt that it is important to treat others with kindness, so, he and his friends went out to feed the homeless with communion and then pizza. A couple of hours passed and the police showed up. He and his friends were arrested for breaking the law, on the day of his court case, he wore a shirt that said, Jesus was homeless, the judge proceeded to call him up and asked him what he was wearing, he replied with Matthew 8:20 "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." The judge replied with a smile, "you just might have a chance!" As the day went on the judge finally finally made a decision, "these men did not break the law, bad people break bad laws, these men were simply trying to make a change, case over". On that day, Shane won his first case and continues to make the world a better place!! God Bless!
Dakota Swank
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