Life After Elections
Friends, I have voted. It is a precious opportunity we never miss. And tomorrow, I want you all to know
Category: Culture
Writing Together
For over thirty years, I have been part of an extraordinary community of theological friends. In our careers we were
Responsibility, Freedom and Uvalde
It’s incomprehensible that 325 million people can’t figure out how to keep their 18-year-old males from killing us and our
Your Bag of Wedges: A Commencement Address
I was invited by President Beck Taylor to give the afternoon Commencement Address for Samford University’s winter graduation on Saturday,
Michael Lewis’ Premonition: A Cautionary Tale
REVIEW of Michael Lewis, The Premonition: A Pandemic Story W. W. Norton & Company (May 4, 2021). After retirement I
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
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
The Flatpickin' Pilgrim's Progress 