by Gary Furr | Dec 23, 2019 | Opinion
“Christmas TIme’s a-Comin’” is the name of a bluegrass Christmas song. When I was playing a lot more often than these days on the bluegrass and banquet circuit, I was always struggling to come up with bona fide mountain and bluegrass Christmas tunes. Generally, we...
by Gary Furr | Dec 4, 2019 | Opinion
I was part of a group of ministers in 2010 who went to Israel together on a pilgrimage. We were all Protestants – Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, UCC and Episcopalians, along with one Mennonite for good measure. We were used to going on trips as church leaders,...
by Gary Furr | Nov 8, 2019 | Opinion
This is a pretty serious moment in our country and the world for so many reasons. Most of us are trying to go on with life, attend to the people we love and do our work. Meanwhile, day by day, social media, television and the news transmit chaos. My friend, Roger...
by Gary Furr | Jul 16, 2019 | Opinion
A friend asked me to reflect on what you learn by staying in one place for 25 years. I’ve been thinking about the request ever since, but I haven’t stopped much to ponder that question. Before I knew it, a year went by. I still am surprised to think that I, who never...
by Gary Furr | Oct 19, 2018 | Opinion
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...
