Speaker 1: Ernie is a Blue Crown conyer. For over thirty years,
he's overlooked this forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina.
Every day Ernie sits in his beautiful home, overlooking the trees,
the nearby lake, and every bit of the wildlife, strolling
through such an amazing piece filled with peace from Mother Earth.
Ernie and I share the same vision this forest. We
both look into the trees and study the earth below.
There's something very spiritual out there. The lyrics to Ernie's Forest,
we both receive an amazing amount of energy. I put
all my trust and skills as a student into what
he is willing to share with me. These aren't my words,
these are the lyrics from Ernie's Forest, chapter number three
hundred ninety nine. Kind of a strange twist on this one,
only because this particular page November twenty fifth, twenty twenty
three identifies a change in the origin of this weekly story. Today,
on this date, March twelve, twenty twenty five, the show
is going through yet another new change. It'll explain itself
right here. With great concern in my heart and reason
to keep believing in a universal empowerment. I do believe
that after many weeks of thought, that the lyrics to
Billy's Forest will quietly become one of those expressions that
felt so right, but it didn't dance with the music
truly being played. I first entered this book writing about
the forest on April twenty fourth, twenty nineteen. The book
was originally meant to document my brother Teddy's life, but
my heart was called into a different direction. Although I
had not written at the Billy Graham Library since twenty sixteen,
three years before this book, I felt the origin of
inspiration would be preserved by keeping the name going with
great struggle the more I read the entries. It had
nothing to do with the trees at the billygram Library.
In reality, I only spent eighteen months there, whereas the
much larger picture shows I've been in this forest seven
years strong. The lyrics from Billy's Forest that was the
first chapter. The second chapter was the lyrics from Rainbow Forest,
which is the name of this forest. But on this
episode we're changing the name one more time. The lyrics
from Ernie's Forest, the reason being for thirty years plus
Ernie has overlooked this forest and the things that we
feel together is a connection that is so universal. Ernie
will feel things in this forest. He sees things in
this forest. He tells me what's on the move and
what's not on the move. Every day he overlooks this
beautiful forest, which is the reason why we're having a
name change. The lyrics from Ernie's Forest these aren't my words.
They are the lyrics from Ernie's Forest.