Visitors Bring Hope To Lubbock’s Homeless

The authors of the popular non-fiction book that's been on the New York Times Best Seller's list for a record number of years, "Same Kind of Different as Me", Ron Hall and Denver Moore, were in Lubbock last night, filling the auditorium of First United Methodist Church. Hall met Denver Moore, an illiterate black man in Ft. Worth in the late nineties. Hall's wife, Debbie, led what is referred to as a "purpose-driven life", and doled out dinner and hope in Soup Kitchens in inner-Cowtown, dragging along her art dealer husband, Ron. Debbie passed away suddenly after the connection had been made with Ron and Denver (coincidence?); and their first book, compiled by Denver dictating his part to Ron, was born, soon followed by a second, "What Difference Do It Make?"
The event, underwritten by United Supermarkets and Dr. Bryan Smitherman and his wife Lisa Smitherman, and others,

brought in those active in helping to ease Lubbock's Homeless problem and just those of us who have read the charming books. The kicker is that on the way to the event I saw a guy living under the underpass, thinking, "why doesn't he get a job?". After the event, I thought, "Is there something "I" could do to help him get a job?" Really made me think.