Month: March 2019

Alabama, Americana, Folk, Kate Campbell, Songwriting

Lenten Speaker Series Continues: Kate Campbell

Gary Furr

Last evening, we kicked off our series, “The Callings That Find Us,” with Dr. Danny Potts.  An overflow crowd filled the room and was not disappointed as he shared his personal journey with brokenness and new life through his father’s long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.  It was inspiring and so helpful to all who were there. Next Wednesday we welcome folksinger Kate Campbell. Kate is a favorite singer-songwriter for many.  She is a storyteller and singer with a unique voice that blends faith, justice and humanity in her writing and singing.  Growing up in the south as the daughter of a … Continue reading Lenten Speaker Series Continues: Kate Campbell

death, Faith, Hope

Good Men and High Callings

Gary Furr

So much about bad things men do these days. But what about good men? Five years ago today my father-in-law, one of the best men who ever walked this earth, left it. He is surely playing the front nine in heaven if they have a course. From the obit I gave for him in 2014: The goal, the prize of the high calling, was never about piling up money for its own sake, but for being able to help others. In our early years, Forrest drove, excuse me, a crappy car. It was an old sky blue Ford that seemed … Continue reading Good Men and High Callings

Christianity, Hymns, Uncategorized3 Comments

Come, Ye Sleepers: A Hymn for Time Change Sunday

Gary Furr

It’s time change Sunday agaiu.  We “Spring Forward” (move clocks forward one hour) just as in the fall we “fall back,” as in move them back an hour. We spend an inordinate amount of time dreading, hating and complaining about the changes. It’s fairly well known that it messes up our sleep patterns, too. According to the website, LiveScience, it was Ben Franklin that first came up with the notion. The Germans were the first to do it, during the first World War. Woodrow Wilson and FDR also followed in wartime, to save fuel and economize. They also point out … Continue reading Come, Ye Sleepers: A Hymn for Time Change Sunday