Back in the Day....

Kirk Franklin was on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Series this week. Hearing some of his songs took me back to when I was a teenager going to New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. In those days it was just a little white church building on the corner. Eventually that building fund blew that building up into what stands there now.

I’ve long since moved across the state and I haven’t visited in a long, long time. But I had some great memories there. Most of them involved my friends AC and Shy. We did a lot together and we were very involved with the youth ministry program. Didn’t know it then but those times were so much simpler. If we weren’t at home we were at school. if we weren’t at school we were at church and if we weren’t at church we were at home with somebody from the church.

For me school was the thing you did to pass time until it was time to get together with your friends from church. Your church family really was family. I’ve got countless stories that start “This one time after church…” Good or bad every thing in life happened with people from church. I miss those days. Especially since we’ve been so Isolated during the pandemic.

It was nice to think about that time. and hear that music again. I might have to put together a cover or two soon. In the mean time check out my reaction video and I’ll catch you next time!