missio

Last Thursday and Friday, a then acquaintance-in-the-Gospel, now brother-in-the-Gospel came to visit our great city. Gordon Duncan is pastor of Sovereign King Church in Garner, NC (http://www.sovereignkingpca.net). I loved having coffee with him on Thursday night. We talked about everything, from family to churches, to paedobaptism (he convinced me - not easy to do), to books (I’ve gotten tons of recommendations from him), to music and everything between. He’s wiser than I (doesn’t take much), and it was really refreshing to have someone that I agree with theologically to pour into my life. We did lunch at Dr. Unk’s together, and he loved the space, just as I do. God has truly been gracious with us there. I look forward to the next time we see one another, in early June at the next a29 conference. I plan on going to Garner and hanging out with him, and then we’re headed to the luncheon together. Should be a blast.

Check out Gordon Duncan’s thoughts on Greenville here at his blog: Greenville and Dr. Unk’s

Frustrated, I headed towards Circuit City. I was sick of this wild goose chase (sorry, Mark). I had been hunting for a 2.5″ SATA laptop hard drive enclosure for nearly an hour, without any luck. So I left Best Buy, and headed across the street to the big CC, which I dreaded. I hate walking into Circuit City. I parked the car, locked the doors, and turned towards the motion-detecting doors when I ran into a middle-aged, heavyset man with duct-taped eyeglasses who spoke softly, yet with a confident Southern drawl:

“I don’t mean to harm you sir, but I was wondering if you could spare a dollar so I could buy myself something to eat.”

I looked at him. Squared him up. He was obviously homeless. And hurting. The crutch and mended eyeglasses notwithstanding, the loneliness was evident on his face and in his demeanor. I responded.

“Sorry, but I don’t carry cash on me, sir”

At this his eyes softened and were cast downward, and his head nodded with a motion that I’m sure he had made many times before. But I hadn’t finished speaking…

“But I’d be glad to sit down with you and have lunch.”

At this his face, along with its five o’clock shadow, lurched upwards, and his steel-grey eyes bore into my face. And he stammered:

“R…r…really?”

I answered in the affirmative, asked him to get into my SUV, and this was the beginning of my Lunch With Ed.

To be continued.

Just wanted to let you guys know of a couple new bloggers from Harmony out there. Brad recently joined the leadership team after Donald left to assist a new AG church plant in Williamston, NC. You can read Brad’s blog here: brad beamon.

Becca Mueffelmann has been with us since January, she’s got a great head on her shoulders, is growing in the Gospel, and come August, will be co-leading the Campus Echo group. You can read her blog here: a continuing story.