Back in the early 2000’s as I was studying to be a minister and ministering to the Youth at First Christian UCC in Burlington, I had my first experiences with retreating at Blowing Rock Conference Center. I took a […]
She was being treated for cancer. Tests and probes and intrusive methods of diagnosis. She bore up and said to me, “Always carry a poem in your pocket and a hymn in your heart. You never know when you’ll be […]
Every story has a beginning and so it is with mine, though I’m not really sure where it starts. I grew up in the UCC but do not remember ever hearing of Blowing Rock Assembly Grounds. I truly don’t remember […]
I have a life-long case of wanderlust. It may be because of genetics but I suspect it’s likely a product of how I grew up. As a kid I lived in a rural part of Watauga County and it was […]
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Written By Chris Faison
