the first time i came down here for GMA Week, i dared to stray off of the beaten path of broadway, commerce and 2nd… rather than staying close to hotel and visiting the close showcases, i remember choosing to head off to a somewhat distant venue on foot late at night… i remember this distinctly because i remember walking back to my hotel somewhere in the one o’clock hour and encountering the kinds of characters that your parents warn you about…

i wasn’t necessarily concerned for my own safety or anything like that, but i felt a tug on my heartstrings as i considered the irony of a city that revels in being the center of the Christian music industry, which is home to many great artists who do many great things to help people from many lands through partnerships with many great organizations, seemingly ignoring the many great needs and people in need living in its own backyard…

today, i was privy to another glimpse of this as i ate my McDonalds value meal, watching CNN news broadcast from the television on the wall, apparently marking this as a somewhat upscale McDonalads and noticed no less than three homeless people enjoying the warmth and sharing soda refills from a Happy Meal cup that they had picked out of the trash…

i’m just not sure what to do with this, right now… but it’s weighing on me…

peace… love… bdg…