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Where It Began
My mother played the piano. Most people who know her well, know this. She played the piano and organ in church for many years. She taught...

Mark Carnes
Dec 3, 20216 min read
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Make Room For The Left Turn
Every Christmas, when my family is on the way home from an event in town, there is the option to take a left turn into a neighborhood. In...

Mark Carnes
Nov 19, 20215 min read
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The Story Behind the Story
One of my favorite and most gratifying moments on any stage, anywhere, was Christmas In The City 2016. That was the year I got to sing a...

Mark Carnes
Nov 12, 20214 min read
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If A Picture Could Talk
This picture was taken on Sunday, December 13, 2020. It was taken the last night of Christmas In The City, just moments after the last...

Mark Carnes
Nov 5, 20215 min read
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We’re Burying the People Who Raised Us
The coffin was set center stage, draped in beautiful flowers, just at the foot of the altar rails of the old Waxhaw United Methodist...

Mark Carnes
Oct 15, 20214 min read
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Little Things Are Not Little
COVID raged all around us like a wildfire. People still took opposing and heated sides on every issue related to the pandemic. Every...

Mark Carnes
Sep 24, 20214 min read
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God’s Reminders In The Least Expected Places
Arbitrary moments are never without design, particularly with an awe-inspiring God who loves to weave the fabric of our lives into grand...

Mark Carnes
Sep 10, 20214 min read
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Daily Rhythms & Loudness
There is a moment of discontinuance each day of my life that takes place in my driveway. It has been this way for the last twenty years....

Mark Carnes
Sep 3, 20215 min read
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The Corner of “Wit’s End”
From the bedroom of the house we were renting in Florida, I heard the crash of chairs and the wall buckle from across the house. I darted...

Mark Carnes
Aug 27, 20213 min read
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Best Day Ever!
The day was Thursday, August 19, 2021. The time was approximately 10:30am. The temperature was already approaching a sweltering 90...

Mark Carnes
Aug 20, 20213 min read
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The Audience of Worship
The picture you see here was captured by my best friend Bill Coleman. I was not aware he was taking the shot at the time, but I am glad...

Mark Carnes
Jun 25, 20215 min read
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Look at Me
“Look at me” read the newly delivered text to my cell phone. It was from my youngest son Baylon. I looked up only to find him perched atop..

Mark Carnes
May 7, 20215 min read
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Can You See God Anymore?
Just before my alarm sounds to awaken me, I hear the rattle of my phone across the wood top of my bedside dresser...

Mark Carnes
Apr 30, 20217 min read
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The Best Investment You'll Make
It was the summer of 1983. As a young 12 year old, on a warm evening in late June, I sat on an old wooden pew, under an outdoor Arbor,...

Mark Carnes
Apr 16, 20215 min read
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Some of My Most Pivotal Moments of 2020
Every year on New Year’s Eve, I take a few moments to look back on the previous year and the events that made them.

Mark Carnes
Dec 31, 20204 min read
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