Buskers for Change
I asked one of our staff guys what he was going to do when the shelter closes and he loses his job and shelter. He answered, “I’ll be out buskering again.” I smiled and so did he. Almost funny. Almost.
A busker: “one who entertains in a public place for donations” (from Spanish, buscar: to look for). Sounds like the 20 years I spent as a chaplain. Seemed I was always out buskering for a buck. Sounds like what every agency and congregation has to do to survive. Doesn’t it? We’re all looking for something–asking, begging. Aren’t we?
So, my fellow buskers, let’s play a tune that will do something Our Community has never seen! Let’s “entertain” some new ideas that will bring in the gifts of housing, jobs and acceptance that will forever change the public arena–the stage where we all perform.
Come on, buskers! Grab your oars and make doors, or guitars!
