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June 16, 2008
Lunch With Michael Reagan
Filed under: Inspiration
Last week I had the opportunity to have lunch with Michael Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan. By the way, if you never heard the eulogy Mike did for his dad, it's quite moving. I originally bumped into Mike on a plane flight when a mutual friend onboard introduced us.
Mike is extremely passionate about making sure every child in the U.S. is living in a loving family. He quotes statistic after statistic about the affects of messed up kids and how they in turn mess up society. Mike is the perfect advocate for such issues like foster care and adoption because he himself was adopted after a despicable childhood experience of sexual abuse and fear, among others.
In addition to hosting a daily radio program, Mike is an author, including the book Twice Adopted.
It's difficult not to get fired up about this stuff after you spend any amount of time with Mike. When I asked how he is engaging churches on these issues he said not as much as they should be. However, Mike is a part of rolling out a test campaign in September, in partnership with Arrow. I look forward to seeing how that goes.
Jamaica and I have been considering adoption for several years. Conversations like this certainly add fuel to the fire.
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I heard Mark Tennant, CEO of Arrow, share his story not too long ago --- very moving stuff. Arrow seems like a great organization that is doing important work.
Posted by: Scott at June 20, 2008 7:58 PM