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The Fool.

Gary Furr

Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:22“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them. Proverbs 3:35The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame. Proverbs 8:5You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it. Proverbs 10:1Proverbs of SolomonThe proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but … Continue reading The Fool.

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Oh, Canada…

Gary Furr

I am utterly opposed to Canada becoming the 51st state. I have several reasons for this. First of all there will be nowhere left for us to get away from our own country, especially during those times like now, when we are constantly arguing about which one of us is the real WE THE PEOPLE. Canada was always a happy getaway, where people were polite, the food was pretty good, and the weather in the summer was wonderful. Besides, we are likely to ruin your environment, destroy most of those beautiful glaciers, and put condominiums and ugly strip malls everywhere. You’ll … Continue reading Oh, Canada…

Evangelicalism, fear, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Leadership, Ministry, Politics1 Comment

Investing in Grace

Gary Furr

I first wrote this post seven years ago. Seems to me it is needed more than ever. Hope depends upon the capacity of a person to trust in the ultimate goodness of things rather than on the evidence of any particular moment’s appearance. That is important for the living of these days. In the fractures of our present politics, our divisions, our radical differences of how we see the same world, it is tempting to withdraw from the fray. It is also tempting to deepen the gulf. And neither of these options helps either us or the world. And it … Continue reading Investing in Grace

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Thoughts in Solitude

Gary Furr

For the beginning of Lent, I want to offer you these words of Thomas Merton from Thoughts in Solitude, Part Two, Chapter II consists of fifteen lines that have become known as “the Merton Prayer.”  It is the most common prayer of Merton’s that people cite.  MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing … Continue reading Thoughts in Solitude

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Hold to Truth

Gary Furr

Keep being the people we will need when this time of moral emptiness passes–and it will, I assure you. That’s important. This is a moment when all the wheels appear to be coming off of the world as we have known it. More important than ever that we resist being sucked into its false urgency and seeming inevitability. If something is true, it will abide and persevere through all pretensions of power and domination. Truth doesn’t cease to be true by force of personality or the clamor of a mob. So hold to truth. Time will vindicate your faithfulness to … Continue reading Hold to Truth