I first heard about George over a decade ago when I was a new employee at the IBCD office in Escondido. I had not met him, but he was the organization’s founder and former director, who was living on the east coast. It took me a while to connect that someone people referred to as Skip was also George Scipione, but once I did, I realized that he was legendary. Stories abounded about his passion in engaging in counseling and the lively discussions during the Supper Seminar where counseling cases were debriefed for the sake of training. I remember wondering how words such as “feisty” and “Italian” were spoken side by side with “sweet” and “caring.” I remember hearing of a man who would both passionately say it how it was, and weep with people in his call to repentance or empathy in their pain. When I met George, it all made sense.
I had the privilege of being able to pursue Doctor of Ministry studies under George at RPTS. When George threw out the idea of studying there, he told me that his offer included staying in his home for two weeks each summer. So, for four summers I
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