Is it just a

P  L  A  C  E

Is it just a

P H I L O S O P H Y

Is it just a

F E E L I N G.          .          .

It was an early Sunday morning

not on the way to Church

and she was laying under some bushes in a vacant parking lot;

He didn’t see her

She did.          .          .

After going through the driver thru of Starbucks,

they went across the street and went through the drive thru of McDonalds

and bought a Big Breakfast with pancakes

and a medium coffee;

when they came to the vacant lot

they found that she was still sleeping, wearing most probably everything she owned, sitting by an empty pizza box and half 2 liter bottle of Shasta Ginger Ale;

He stayed in the car.          .          .

She got out with the McDonalds and went over to her quietly

not really trying to wake her
(what a great way to wake up, huh? McDonalds in the bushes!)

She woke up a little startled but was calmed quickly;

at first she refused the meal and the $20 bill

but was convinced to receive it not so much as a

G     I      F      T

but   as   a

F          A          V          O          R
(to make the humble Giver’s feel better about themselves)

She accepted

If the definition of a musician is:

P L A Y I N G     M U S  I  C

He is ONE;

if it’s one who plays music

F  O  R      F  R  E  E

He’s  the  most  purest  of  Maestro’s;

He played on the Boardwalk as people walked by

TRYING   NOT   TO   LOOK

and absolutely not stopping

and adamantly not GIVING

in his bent up rusted Maxwell House Coffee Can

but when he began a rendition of

AMAZING GRACE

angels wept
(as did I standing not so closely beside him, looking out at the ocean)

He asked for a glass of wine
(was refused it because of it being Sunday)

and got a glass of water with very few ice cubes

that didn’t jingle so well as he swirled them around his glass after a few sips;

It wasn’t that he looked poor

It wasn’t that he looked hungry

It wasn’t that he looked forgotten

It wasn’t that he looked used/abused

so much as he just looked lonely;

The Waiter was called over and the couple asked for his bill to pay as they were leaving to pay their own;

He never knew  W   H   O

and they didn’t stay around to see  HOW he responded.          .          .

Is it just a

P  L  A  C  E

Is it just a

P H I L O S O P H Y

Is it just a

F E E L I N G.          .          .

S       o       m       e       t       i       m       e       s

Church doesn’t have a specific address

Church doesn’t have a specific location

Church doesn’t have a phone number

Church doesn’t have specific hours or times of Service

Church as it’s best is when it ISN’T

and then.         .        .

It’s MUCH MORE!

Why Wear or Share your Faith

when you can help ANOTHER

EXPERIENCE their OWN.          .          .

.                .              .and it’s most sacred
(just by showing up)