About the Author

Gary A. Furr is pastor of Vestavia Hills Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He has served churches in Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina. He leads spirituality retreats and is a member of the Academy for Spiritual Formation.

Milburn Price is Dean and Professor Emeritus of the School of Performing Arts at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.  He served as Dean of the School of Church Music at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky from 1981 to 1993 and Chair of the Music Department at Furman University from 1972-1981.