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Easter

Gary Furr

Six weeks ago my father died. I have not spoken much about that except to friends. Grief is deeply personal, and the journey is different for us all. Suffice it to say that as a primary caregiver for my Dad the past three years, two in a nursing facility, I have been up close and personal to the end of his life at 91. My father was a wonderful, larger that life presence in my life. For weeks it is the cursed insane busy-ness after death. Experience is crowded out by necessity, but that is not all bad. Denial has … Continue reading Easter

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Frozen 2016: Church From Home

Gary Furr

Church will be broadcasting today on radio and the internet (WVSU FM 91.1)! Use your radio app,  or go online if you aren’t in range for the station. Well, here’s a new one. Birmingham Alabama is shut down by a little ice and snow. Being in this most beautiful spot on top of Shades Mountain, we are also accustomed to being the coldest spot in Jefferson County occasionally. We have on more than one occasion been forced to cancel services because of ice and snow. Once, every other church was open except us.  The roads right around our church still … Continue reading Frozen 2016: Church From Home