The hymn Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing has this puzzling line: “Here I raise mine Ebenezer, hither by thy help I’m come . . .” What in the world is an Ebenzer? And how do you raise it? The men on our Into The Wild retreat at Camp Harrison found out this past weekend. Read the full article…
This will be a good series. It will be good because it’s way out of my comfort zone. It will be good because you’ll hear an amazing song done four different ways in four different weeks. It will be good because you’ll have some moments in our church you’ve never had before. It will be Read the full article…
One of my favorite authors died yesterday. I didn’t even know Michael Crichton was sick. But he died of lung cancer at the age of 66. None of his books will ever be taught in the English Departments of certain high brow universities. But could he tell a story. He mixed science with human drama Read the full article…
I went to a funeral today. Not as the preacher, but as a pastor and family friend of the man who died, Harold Darling. And the funeral was at the Serenity Church here in Charlotte, which is a fascinating congregation focused on recovery from all kinds of addictions. The bulletin had something I’ve never seen Read the full article…
Since it’s Election Day today, I thought it was a good time to connect with some election memories. I was raised in a family that had (and has) a great interest in politics; in fact, some of my earliest memories revolve around sitting at the dinner table with political talk swirling around my six year Read the full article…
