Love Does by Bob Goff
Week 19: Chapter 18 — "Fighting for the Opportunity"
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Bob reflects on his legal work defending children who have been used as soldiers and criminals — and what it means to fight for people who cannot fight for themselves. This is one of the most serious chapters in the book, and it deserves slow, careful reading.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.What specific justice work does Bob describe in this chapter, and what was the situation he was fighting against? What made it a fight — what was the resistance he encountered?
2.Bob is a lawyer who uses his skills to fight for children in Uganda who have been caught up in conflict and criminalized for things they were forced to do. How does his professional expertise connect to his vision of love? What does this say about how vocation and love can intersect?
3.Bob talks about "fighting for the opportunity" rather than fighting for a guaranteed outcome. What is the distinction, and why does he frame it that way? Is that distinction comforting or frustrating to you?
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