Videos about Skid Row

Since going to Children of the Shepherd I've been impacted by the people I've met there. Everyone is loving, and living life with the love of Christ; you can see it in their interactions with each other, with strangers. The majority of people are not homeless, but teetering on the edge, are also dealing with drug addiction, alcoholism, abuse in the family, things that we read about, hear about, but are blind to. To be able to see them every week, I've grown to admire and love them, for simply being able to survive with a Christlike attitude, something that I struggle with, outside of all these additional social issues. Yes it could be that they chose this lifestyle, and they have to deal with it; but honestly, if God was to treat us with that attitude, we would not be alive. We chose to sin, and so we have to deal with it. Yes that's true we should be dealing with our sins, and the consequences of our actions, but God's grace, mercy and love were shown to us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Now how can we just brush off the people most in need, the invisible people of our city, the homeless, the orphans, the widows, the addicts, the abused? Where is the compassion in sharing with them love of a Savior?

This video documentary series was sobering to think about. It was made in 2006, and it chronicles different aspects of Skid Row, the progression being Intro, Kids, Drugs, God, and Afterward. These 5 short clips, barely grazes the surface of the problem, yet the images stay with you. The stark reality of it all, Beverly Hills down the street from South Central. The things we don't see because we don't want to see. I think I will just let the videos speak.