Stories and tales from a guitar-picking writer, theologian, speaker, blogger and entertainer. From small town quirks to the bizarre realities of family, whacky church life and slightly damaged kinfolk, insights from a reluctant son of the South takes you along. Never know where it’ll end up but it’s sure to be worth the trip.
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Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley
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Cryptically, Tom said in his last words before dying, that he had never harmed a hair on that girl’s head. So which was it? Here is the essence of great murder mystery—passion, jealousy and betrayal, intrigue, and rivalry of others. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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When we are wringing our hands, troubled in mind, struggling with hope and anxious to the gills, I can pick up my mandolin our guitar at home, play a tune, and feel something lift out of the room. Wherever that sound came from (and as a man of faith, I think I know), it says, “There’s still something unexpectedly beautiful up ahead. Go on, and don’…
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It wasn’t a perfect world, and a lot of divisions and pain were yet to come. But they had one shining moment, too young to even understand, when they poured onto those bloody beaches, the fate of the Western World on those shoulders. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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The Anxious Generation: review
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In today's podcast I review Jonathan Haidt's important book on the impact of social media and phones on our children. A powerfully important book and research to know about. Children are learning socially, experimentally, all the time. He is hopeful that it is not yet too late. His chapters are very readable and accessible. He places summaries at t…
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“The second before the sun went out, we saw a wall of dark shadow come speeding at us. We no sooner saw it than it was upon us, like thunder. It roared up the valley. It slammed our hill and knocked us out. It was the monstrous swift shadow cone of the moon.” Annie Dillard Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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Holy Week: Standing at a Distance
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They stood at a distance while the women cried, brokenhearted, devastated, sobbing, and his mother beyond soothing. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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Poetic reflection. When your hopes are dead and you're going to the tomb with an impossible stone to move, what will you do? Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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Holy Week: Sleepover in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
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On a trip to Israel in 2010 I ended up voluntarily being locked in to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the traditional site of the crucifixion. As the crowds left and a handful of vigil-sitters and contemplators stayed behind, this happened. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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Excerpt from SHADOW PRAYERS. A poetic reflection on the bewildering sentence in the Apostles' Creed that says, "He descended into hell." Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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There are two charcoal fires mentioned in the gospel narrative of Holy Week. One is where people were warming their hands and identified Peter as one of the disciples. The other was on the shores of Galilee. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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A poem about Tennebrae,f the observance of the deathly silence between crucifixion and Easter Sunday Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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Three poems about the pivotal day in the Christian story, full of every human failure and treachery and the heroic and inexplicable faithfulness of Jesus, immovable as all around him collapsed. All poems by Gary Furr. "Good Friday" "Pontius Pilate" "The Crucifixion" Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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Holy Week: The Silences of Holy Week
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The terrible silences of holy week give spaces for something radically new.. But we anre afraid, so afraid, that we are going to be alone, that we are forsaken, that there is only absence and death and decay. We talk about presence, but truthfully, we do almost everything we can to keep it out of our awareness. We may see things we don’t want to se…
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Holy Week: The Last Week of Life
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A look at the last week of Jesus of Nazareth's life on earth offers a question for us all. When the end is near, how should I live? What would I do differently? Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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Holy Week: Walking in the Shadow
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It is uniquely American to race past hard times and on to the future. As we still grapple with the upheavals of our society wrought by the pandemic, we crave normality without having to do the hard work of real understanding. As we enter Holy Week, my reflections come from the book I wrote in 2022, SHADOW PRAYERS, reflecting on a final year of full…
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The question isn't how do we connect spiritual life and healing: it's how did they ever get separated in the first place. At a national conference for caseworkers, I shared six sentences for healing professionals. They're actually valuable for everyone as we seek to be well and bring health to others. Support the Show.…
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Mount Nebo Tales: Remembering Where You Come From
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It's worth it to look back when you know how. In this story from the fictional town of Mount Nebo, a young man finds himself returning to the place he said he'd never go, to live among people who were strangers in more ways than one. And the beginning of a journey that would lead him in places he did not yet understand. It's a journey we are all on…
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The odd coincidence of Lent on Valetine’s day leads to a reflection on the tension between letting go and taking up in this episode. A reading from my book, Poems, Prayers and Unfinished Promises. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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Endless forgiveness or endless revenge? Reflecting on the bewildering teaching of Jesus from the gospel of Matthew. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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🔒 SHADOW PRAYERS AUDIOBOOK Part 1 Preface and Introduction
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Subscriber-only episode The Introduction to the Audiobook Shadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic Year Written in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic, political division and racial divide. Written copies available for order. https://garyfurr.me/writings/…
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Listen to the Lenten reflections from the Audiobook of Shadow Prayers: Reflections From a Pandemic Year. As the pandemic began its grim spread across the world, a collective isolation pulled humanity and its institutions into a crisis of meaning. Lent was a fitting companion as life as we knew it eroded. Support the Show.…
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🔒 SHADOW PRAYERS AUDIOBOOK Part 3 Holy Week
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🔒 SHADOW PRAYERS AUDIOBOOK Part 4 Easter
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🔒 SHADOW PRAYERS AUDIOBOOK Part 6 Ordinary Time
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Subscriber-only episode Shadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic Year Written in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic, political division and racial divide. Written copies available for order. https://garyfurr.me/writings/ “Through his psalm-like collectio…
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🔒 SHADOW PRAYERS AUDIOBOOK Part 7 Advent
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🔒 SHADOW PRAYERS AUDIOBOOK Part 8 Christmas
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🔒 SHADOW PRAYERS AUDIOBOOK Part 9 Epiphany
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🔒 SHADOW PRAYERS AUDIOBOOK Part 10 Last Words
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SHADOW PRAYERS AUDIOBOOK Part 5 Pentecost
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Shadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic Year Written in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic, political division and racial divide. Written copies available for order. https://garyfurr.me/writings/ “Through his psalm-like collection of writings, he captur…
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Encountering God in the Prayers of Others: The Soul's Desire
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🔒 Encountering God in the Prayers of Others: The Call
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Encountering God in the Prayers of Others: The Hound of Heaven
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Encountering God in the Prayers of Others: Compline
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God hung the stars brighter than the sun to illuminate the darkness. And sent one life into the world to do the same. If we can comprehend it, understand that life, receive it, we can, said John in his gospel, be the very sons and daughters of God. If not, we’ll just stumble around with our flashlights, trying to find our own pitiful way and cursin…
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🔒 Encountering God in the Prayers of Others: Thomas Merton
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Encountering God in the Prayers of Others: The Memorial of Blaise Pascal
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Encountering God in the Prayers of Others intro
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Beginning this week, I have additional content available for subscribers only. It only costs three dollars per month to download and access audio books, audio articles, music, and lots more! Unsubscribe anytime you need those three dollars for something else. It kicks off with my chapters from ENCOUNTERING GOD IN THE PRAYERS OF OTHERS. For a sample…
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Encountering God in the Prayers of Others: Howard Thurman
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Dr. Howard Thurman (1899 – April 10, 1981) rose from the segregated south of his childhood to become an author, philosopher, theologian, educator and civil rights leader. He was Dean of Theology and the chapels at Howard University and Boston University. In 1953 Life magazine) rated Thurman among the twelve most important religious leaders in the U…
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Encountering God in the Prayers of Others: In the Garden
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A prize hog named Brad Pitt and, two drunken troublemakers out for a joyride meet karma head-on. A Christmas story quite unlike any other in the mythical town of Mount Nebo,, where progress goes to slow down. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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We could use a good story right now. Here's one about a young preacher in a little country church, a long time ago and a long way from here, in a church without much promise and in need of help. It might be just the story you need today. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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A fourth grade game of tag and a phone call from a desperate teenager provide moments of insight about empathy for another person's suffering. Who knew that life or death could be having in the balance during the Wommen's Missionary tea party? Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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2.5 Church Fight Near Dolly's House
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A young college student has to wait to preach his sermon until the church has a fight. Lessons from a country church a long time ago about how to deal with conflict and how real community happens. Just a stone's throw from where Dolly Parton grew up. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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A 12th century Irish text found its way into a folk tune by a Methodist preacher. Amid the shallowness of our time, the longing for the deep place where the strands of our live seek union, we find "the soul's desire." Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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A reflection on that terrible day, now a whole student generation removed from us. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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"So, where are you from? " A weird town name, a wheel from a child's wagon, and a homeless family in a station wagon. Finding a place for you. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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A story about healing leads to reflections on loneliness and community. As much as the physical trauma of being sick is the pain of isolation and being cut off from life. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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I do an inventory of my childhood toys, and the meaning of play, both for children, and for people who used to be! Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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Memorials matter. Every Memorial Day, I remember a fallen marine's mother and the song we wrote. To remember is a sacred responsibility. This is our price for living on the shoulders of others' suffering. Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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There's a lot of automation in our world today, but life is not always automatic. A lesson learned in driver's ed back in high school. A 2x4 full of nails and an oncoming car. What will a 16-year-old novice driver do? Support the Show.De către Gary Allison Furr
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