Usually I leave the posting up to Nicole, but I thought I'd share one of my most recent encounters with the city of Charlotte.
I had a very late meeting this past Wednesday that lasted until after 9pm. Afterward we went to Carpe Diem (Elizabeth Avenue near Presbyterian Hospital) to process through some of the agenda items. As we were walking out of the restaurant a guy walked right up to Joe and started asking him for money. As we walked he kept the conversation going while Joe politely declined his requests.
The point of all this is that this is happening more and more in Charlotte. Charlotte is becoming a bit city with all of the perks (plenty of entertainment) and consequences (poverty) included.
What should be our response? These events never happen when you have 45 minutes to spare. They seem to happen when you are exhausted, late for work, when it is raining, when it is freezing cold, and you don't have any cash. I don't know about you, but I never have cash. Just 15 minutes earlier, when we were settling our bill, we remarked how none of us ever has cash.
Can't wait to hear your responses!!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Is Charlotte growing up?
Posted by superjono at 7:48 AM
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Not a bad idea to have at least $10 in your pocket. That way you can take the person into a restaurant and buy them a cup of coffee and a sandwich. Isn't that what Christ would have done? Funny that we never heard of identity theft 15 years ago. That's back when people carried cash in their pockets, too.
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