This post is not as much about songwriting as it is me. Getting this blog started I am trying to lay a ground work for who I am as a person as well as a songwriter. Last night I went to see a movie, The Sound Of Freedom. I tend to be one of those people who likes to look at everything I consume, whether it be food, entertainment, news or whatever. So I did some research on the film and it's main character Tim Ballard. 

No shortage of people criticizing Mr. Ballard for one reason or another. Not surprising. Human nature is bent to disagreeing on just about anything, for any reason. As far as I am concerned the man is doing something and something is better than nothing. Especially when it comes to something as insidious as child sex trafficking.  

It has been roughly 2023 years since the dawn of Christianity and to this day there are Christians who argue over whether the Sabbath is Saturday or Sunday. My layman, simple man perspective is fairly simple. Saturday is and always will be the Sabbath. Just as it was before Jesus came to Earth. The Sabbath was part of the Mosaic covenant, kept with the Jewish people. Just one example of how people love to disagree. 

I am a Christian. I am saved. I base that on the observation while I am still perfectly capable of sinning, I can not enjoy it. Just doesn't sit right. So I do my best to avoid it. 

The other Gorilla in the room / world, politics. I am not a political person. Firmly an Independent. Always have been. I weigh each individual I vote for based on their individual merit. Sometimes I hold my nose when I vote. Sometimes I am pleasantly surprised. I believe we should be skeptical of everyone in government. Keep a close eye on them. From our law enforcement officers right up to the POTUS. We as citizens endow them with power, and power corrupts. There is plenty of history to support that. 

As an artist, I highly recommend the art of diplomacy. It has been described as being able to tell some one to go to Hell and make them look forward to the trip. We do not have to agree on everything 100 percent. You could go as far to say considering human nature that is never going to happen. Something is better than nothing. 

Let us all do something to stamp out child trafficking / exploitation. It has no place in any civilized society.