The prayer room is starting to fill up with businessmen, & real estate developers, general contractors, specialized construction workers, & people of all kinds in between that have been summoned to a meeting about urban intersection & social justice. For many it’s the first time in the prayer room. The night could be a powerful one as vision is casted & reshaped to reflect the various passions of those in the room who came to see if they can make a positive difference in the transitional neighborhood of Villa Heights where The Justice Project is serving in. No certainty meetings like this will result in real impact, but the effort is worth the possible rewards that could come from it. Already in this pre-meeting banter men & women are asking each other questions about spirituality. The environment at 24-7 pulls conversation like that out of people. Very respectfully as they wait for the mtg to begin they talk about their irreligious or religious backgrounds… one thing they each have in common…they all speak about the peace or presence they feel in the space they are standing in. I chat with one gal who says she is not religious but feels something here she’d want to come back to experience regularly. During & after this urban intercect meeting, held in the corporate gathering space behind 24-7, the prayer room began to fill up with a small group connecting & praying, & stray individuals stopping by to duck into the surrender booth or hang out on the couches to getting some reading done. Man, I love this place what we get to do here.
