Then it became a way to build friendships. And throughout, it has been a means of sprinkling a bit of fairy dust on an often tattered faith. I suppose I think too much about such things (a vocational hazard) and music slows all of it down. It is a place where the Spirit of God has taken up residence. Inevitably, I am that guitar-player sitting on the steps in the movie Animal House--any minute now John Belushi is going to walk by and smash my guitar.
The proceeds from these little ditties go to help support a non-profit organization called Family Promise. What they do is simple and in many ways audacious. Displaced Families sleep in churches for a few weeks while they save up money, get organized and eventually back into a rental home. Sleeping in the house of God. My church happens to be one of those homes. --TSY
