My hero

This is Francis Schaeffer. If you don't know who he is you should really take some time to learn about his life and pick up some of his books. He is my hero for many reasons, but mainly for his love of not only truth, but of people. In the 50's, he and his family bought a chalet on the side of a mountain in Switzerland and opened it to the public. One by one, students and seekers traveling through Europe stumbled upon what he called L'Abri(meaning "shelter") It became a place where travelers could ask their questions of God and of existence and in turn receive solid answers. No one was turned away and everyone was listened to and treated with upmost respect as one created in the image of God. Schaeffer really believed this core truth as is reflected later in his life in his fight against abortion. The L'Abri retreat in Switzerland still exists and people from around the world still come to stay in search of truth and meaning in life. Below is one of my favorote quotes by the peculiar man with the goatee. He really has changed my life though we have never met and will not until glory. Till then I aim to live out his legacy of love for all.

"Christianity is not a series of truths in the plural, but rather truth with a capital "T." Truth about total reality, not just about religious things. Biblical Christianity is Truth concerning all reality--and the intellectual holding of that Total Truth and then living in the light of the Truth."