Rhyme and Reason Podcast - Tony Funderburk

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 16, 2021

Yesterday I wrote about a nostalgic memory. And I talked about June bugs. If you didn’t catch that post, check it out. But now I want you to think back in your own life. And go as far back in … Read the rest…

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Posted on June 1, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 16, 2021

June bugs, watermelon - It's nostalgia I'm tellin'

Did you ever watch The Waltons? Either when it was a new show or in reruns? Either way, do you remember how the kids would run out the front door and the screen door would smack shut? That’s because those … Read the rest…

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Posted on May 31, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 16, 2021

Addition and subtraction make sense with liquefaction

As I reached the end of 5th grade, and was about to leave elementary school to attend junior high, I was told I’d be put into “accelerated classes.” My teacher sent me home with a note to my parents that … Read the rest…

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Posted on May 29, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 16, 2021

Uncomfortable conversation with a quickly fading nation

Yeah, it’s an uncomfortable conversation to have. The one about what’s happening behind closed doors and tall walls. Doors and walls that close behind foolish people going in…and behind damaged people coming out. Some people have spent much of their … Read the rest…

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Posted on May 27, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 16, 2021

Accidentally on purpose where bad science can't usurp us

Paramecia don’t become parakeets. And an amoeba will never be an ambulance driver. Not in a million, trillion years. Because changes like that don’t happen. Not by accident. Not on purpose. And certainly not accidentally on purpose. Accidentally on purpose … Read the rest…

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Posted on May 26, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 16, 2021

Three years ago, around this time of year, I sent a sad and happy song out into the internet. It was in response to a request for me to write a song for a young man battling cancer. A friend … Read the rest…

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Posted on May 25, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 16, 2021

I think Huey Lewis and the News sang it best, back in the 80’s, when they sang “I say cool is a rule, but sometimes, bad is bad.” What? You don’t remember that song? Then, move along. Because you’re probably … Read the rest…

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Posted on May 24, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 16, 2021

There you go again, not putting the if with then.

I’m reminded of a sound bite from a presidential debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. Carter presented what he thought was a good case against then Governor Reagan’s position on Medicare. And when Carter finished, Reagan started his counterpoint … Read the rest…

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Posted on May 22, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 16, 2021

Ancient age appears when clocks miscount the years

What if you reached your prime, let’s say around 33, and someone told you that you look old? It wouldn’t exactly make you feel great. Even if you’re totally confident in who you are, and in your appearance, you don’t … Read the rest…

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Posted on May 21, 2021 by Tony FunderburkJuly 9, 2021

The end of humanity and the definition of insanity

God? Or environmentalists? Where is your trust? Let’s say God told you something like, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.” Would you believe Him? Or do you … Read the rest…

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