Poplar Tent Memories: album release
I have updated and re-released an album I put together with some friends ten years ago, POPLAR TENT MEMORIES. The
Category: Culture
Remembering 9/11
The Watchers Gary Allison Furr. September 11, 2020 I wasn’t on a plane, or a family member receiving frantic calls,
Ranting the Deadly Sins
My friend LaMon Brown reminded me of this quote from a book i read many times and loved over the
What Can We Say?
Irony contains great truth—that America could be demonstrating its oldest pain so openly on the day celebrating Christian barrier-breaking contains a word from the Lord for us. Deeds, not words.
Memorial Day
On Monday, Memorial Day 2007, Vickie and I went to American Village to attend the Gold Star Memorial Service in
New Ways for a New Time
This is a time of many “firsts.” I suspect this is true of everyone. Our church staff, like all congregations
A Prayer Amid the Epidemic
Prayer and blessing given at the Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting, Vestavia Hills, Alabama, March 10, 2020, by Dr. Gary
Grandfather Hopes
This is a pretty serious moment in our country and the world, for so many reasons. Most of us are
A Prayer for Simplicity
Invocation and blessing offered at the October 8, 2019 meeting of the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce by Dr. Gary
