Why Nashville?

Just seems natural to go where God seems to be giving favor. Madison has been a great place, natural for me (Juli) to build relationships but these have come out of the community, the work place, the neighborhood and the school - I can do what I do anywhere. Madison has not been as good of a fit for Gene. Also, there is a saying in Nashville that we have found very true: "No one is actually from here." I think I've only met one person who grew up near Nashville. She is the daughter of a country music legend, who relocated to Franklin, TN, just outside of Nashville when daddy hit it big. The publisher is originally from Indiana, his wife from California, the receptionist from St. Louis, people I have or will be writing with are from: North Carolina, Michigan, California, Georgia, England, Seattle, etc. I think you get the picture. The people we plan on ministering too, walking beside in their spiritual journey, mind the gap with are transplants who came to Nashville because it's where you need to be in the music industry. However, don't let that impress you--people are just people. Besides having incredible talent, they are so normal it would surprise you. They ask the same spiritual questions everyone else does. They too are looking for purpose and direction in life.