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On my long walk across America, I took a weekend detour and found myself in Music City, Nashville<\/a>. Tennessee is my home state, and I\u2019ve always loved coming to Nashville. The neon lights of Broadway, the music pouring out from bars, voices rising spontaneously in song and, of course, those stumbling with too much whiskey in them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yet, for some reason, as I talked to folks I met \u2014 from musicians and churchgoers to families and the young \u2014 I could sense a certain tension and uncertainty in their voices about the present and the future. Nashville is at a moral crossroads.<\/p>\n

The markers of faith<\/a> are everywhere in Nashville. I passed by countless churches, the crosses standing tall in the sky. Many artists sing of redemption and finding grace. There is still the local, traditional culture that has fueled Nashville for so long. But there is a change, a shift of sorts, happening \u2014 the pressure that comes from the larger national culture, influenced by nontraditional and postmodern forces.<\/p>\n

STOP TRUSTING POLITICAL PARTIES TO SAVE URBAN AMERICA. IT’S TIME FOR US TO RISE AND REBUILD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

You can hear it in the songs: pop crossovers, party anthems that glorify hookup culture and its excesses, lyrics that chase trends over timeless truths. When I hear, “It\u2019s just a room key \/ You ain\u2019t gotta lie to me \/ Can\u2019t you just use me like I\u2019m using you,” it leaves sadness and emptiness in its wake.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not trying to be old-fashioned. Believe me, I\u2019ve heard worse come out of O-Block in Chicago, which is home to drill rap and my church. I get the same feeling of emptiness and soullessness from both pieces of music. Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019ve seen the consequences for those who live a hookup-culture lifestyle, which never ends well and usually results in an unwanted baby or two. And they then come knocking on my door seeking salvation through Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

MISSISSIPPI’S SCHOOL MIRACLE SHAMES FAILING CHICAGO LEADERS ON EDUCATION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On one of the corners, I fell into conversation with a local songwriter who had recognized me from Fox. He told me the industry is about “what sells.” It has always been that way, but it is more entrenched now due to corporate executives who chase money and clicks over art.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The songwriter\u2019s friend, a local pastor, said the same thing was happening to families. He told me how his kids, as well as the kids from his church, were being bombarded with ideological messages about their skin color, their gender identity and even about their parents. He felt that their education was being compromised.<\/p>\n

Both men were in their mid-20s, and what surprised me was that they had both grown up without fathers. Yep, those warnings we heard about 30 or so years ago are now realities before my eyes. The Black community has long dealt with fatherlessness and has borne that stigma for decades. But it is no secret that fatherlessness has been rising<\/a> across all races and ethnicities at alarming rates.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On the South Side of Chicago<\/a>, far too many kids grow up without dads to guide them and without strong models of manhood rooted in responsibility and faith. The streets fill the void with gangs, revenge and music that glorifies all the wrong things in life \u2014 lyrics that I can\u2019t even print here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I know the consequences of fatherlessness all too well, and that\u2019s why I\u2019ve been walking across America to raise funds for a community center designed to promote family values: education, jobs, courtship, marriage, child-rearing and responsible finances.<\/p>\n

But when you peel back the layers, you will easily see that the causes of fatherlessness are the same everywhere: the breakdown of values and faith<\/a>. Instant gratification before discipline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Nashville, the decline may be subtler than on the South Side, but there is the same emptiness where purpose should be, the same moral confusion instead of clarity and the same lostness of soul instead of the vivacity of life.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t just Nashville or Chicago. America is at a crossroads. There are still many Americans living the principled life, as I\u2019ve mentioned in other Rooftop Revelations, but there is still an underbelly, and this problem of fatherlessness isn\u2019t going away anytime soon.<\/p>\n

The good news? Redemption is possible. Those two young men I met \u2014 the songwriter and the pastor \u2014 found Christ and rebuilt their damaged families on the shared values of God, family and opportunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nashville can reclaim its soul by doubling down on its faith heritage, letting songs of truth rise above the noise. Chicago can rise by rebuilding fathers, restoring merit and inviting God\u2019s presence back into broken places. And America? We can turn the tide one step, one prayer, one restored life at a time.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM PASTOR COREY BROOKS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/from-nashville-to-chicagos-south-side-fatherlessness-haunts-america <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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