The Rev. Dr. Gregory Ellison II has discovered heaven on Earth. For him it involves spending time at the Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee, with others who admire, as he does, the late Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman, one of Christianity’s most celebrated authors, preachers, scholars and mystics — and then being asked to edit a book on Thurman.
Iconic American evangelist, the Rev. Billy Graham, died today at his home in Montreat, North Carolina. Born on his family’s dairy farm near Charlotte on November 7, 1918, he was 99 years old.