The Gold-Hearted Man
The Gold-Hearted Man Sometimes as life takes us in our chosen direction, it leads us to something special. Throughout my life I’ve fortunately met very some very special people, but I’ve never admired a man so much as I have Dr. Reverend Steve Pieters. Reverend Pieters has personally battled AIDS for several years and has amazingly managed to come up on top of it. The AIDS epidemic has inflicted suffering in the hearts and bodies of many families’, but he has managed to inspire others to deal with this affliction with the same faith and courage we can summons in other human struggles. I recently sat down with him—and had one of the best conversations I ever had. He was so generous to me with his time. AIDS has been a burden for him for several years and has taken a dramatic toll on his life. He said that when he first was diagnosed with the disease, he asked himself “Will I ever have a family” or “Will I ever have kids?”. All Steve felt initially was pur...