October 10, 2022
Greg’s new book, Hurdles, is out October 13.
Greg’s book, Hurdles, is out this week. Published on October 13, 2022 by Smyth-Helwys, it is a collection of his essays about how we can better traverse the obstacle in our lives.
November 16, 2021
New book coming in 2022: The Hurdles
Greg has a new book coming out in 2022 called The Hurdles, published by Smyth-Helwys.
We’re often told that life’s more a marathon than a sprint, but as we’re emerging from the pandemic yet still find formidable challenges ahead, perhaps it’s most useful to think of ourselves not merely as runners, but as hurdlers. Greg Funderburk’s upcoming book, The Hurdles, endeavors to reframe the obstacles we face with both a Gospel mindset and a dose of Stoic philosophy. He’ll suggest the hurdles we face in our lives aren’t incidental to the race. They are the race. Rather than losing heart as we come to them— we’ll be asked, what if we use them to locate within ourselves a reliable rhythm and a more durable balance to gain a spiritual momentum as the race goes on? What if we look at the difficulties we face not as detours or irritations, but as formative to who we might become? What if we begin to think of our lives not as we might wish they were— long straightaways free of trials, pain and demanding exertions— but as they actually are. It’s in these hurdles that we cultivate strength and beauty in our personalities, craft virtue, and discover opportunities to offer grace to one another. We’re hurdlers.
May 4, 2021
The Baptist Standard reviews “Let It Be Said, We’ve Borne It Well”
The Baptist Standard reviews Greg’s book, Let It Be Said, We’ve Borne It Well: “Funderburk has the gift of getting to the point quickly without being abrupt. He also has the uncanny ability to touch the exact nerve, not enough to hurt, but enough for the reader to know he knows.”
May 4, 2021
The Baptist Standard reviews “The Mourning Wave”
The Baptist Standard reviews Greg’s book, The Mourning Wave: “Greg Funderburk has written not just a great work of historical fiction, but a narrative in the vein of classic literature.”
May 4, 2021
New Interview with Greg about “Let It Be Said, We’ve Borne It Well”
Smyth-Helwys interviews Greg about his book, Let It Be Said, We’ve Borne It Well: “With just a reframing in our thinking, we can consider where we are, not with the perspective of the darkness of any present moment, but pull back with a wider lens. We can rather miraculously shift our thinking backward to a moment of joy from which we extract strength, or forward in time to a future in which we can plausibly believe that we’ve overcome our current challenges.”
March 29, 2021
Greg on the “Midlife Male” podcast
Greg Funderburk sits down with Greg Scheinman to talk about his books, The Mourning Wave: A Novel of the Great Storm, was published last year and his second book, Let It Be Said We’ve Borne It Well, a collection of stories compiled to provide support and encouragement during the COVID pandemic.
February 2, 2021
Kirkus Review names The Mourning Wave one of the Best Indie Debut Novels of 2020
Kirkus Review names The Mourning Wave one of the Best Indie Debut Novels of 2020, calling it “A well-written, deeply moving exploration of finding cause for optimism after a disaster.”
January 8, 2021
Article about “Mourning Wave” in Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle has published an article about The Mourning Wave, “Houston pastor’s upcoming book offers prayers for pandemic“.
December 21, 2020
The Mourning Wave Named One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2020
Kirkus Reviews publishes a Best Books List each year and selected The Mourning Wave as one of the best books in their Indie category for 2020. The book was also mentioned in the short article introducing the list:
“The standout Indie genre of 2020…was historical fiction, particularly novels about the ways people contended with the troubles of their own eras. Here are a few of the year’s best…Gregory Funderburk writes about the Great Storm of 1900, considered to be the greatest U.S. natural disaster, in The Mourning Wave. Our reviewer says, “While the story is harrowing, it is shot through with striking, well-earned moments of grace and compassion—even humor; a woman doling out food calls it ‘Don’t Ask Stew.’ ”
September 3, 2020
Review of The Mourning Wave at Kirkus Reviews
Check out Kirkus Reviews’ recent review of The Mourning Wave.
September 1, 2020
New Book Coming Soon
Let It Be Said, They Bore It Well is a series of short encouragements that each take on the form of a thought experiment which asks this of us all: Will we be able to look back at the challenge of the pandemic, as well as other trials we will inevitably face in our lives, and say that we rose to the occasion.
Each essay asks, how can we better persevere with both faith and courage, utilize our time prudently, and develop additional personal grit and grace while forbearing one another’s faults during this season.
The book recognizes that to answer in the affirmative rests ultimately on our connections with God and with each other, and provides inspiration and practical guidance for not only pressing on, but for using the headwinds pushing against us, to lift ourselves into new adventures and and land in new and better places.
Let It Be Said, They Bore It Well will be available later this Fall.
September 1, 2020
Coming soon: Greg on “Thoughts from a Page” Podcast
Coming up in October, Greg will appear on Cindy Burnett’s Thoughts From a Page Podcast, as well an an article in the West University Buzz.
September 1, 2020
Coming soon: Greg on the Bryan Norcross Podcast
In mid-September, Greg will appear on the Bryan Norcross Podcast. Bryan is a nationally known meteorologist and hurricane expert with Local 10 in Miami and The Weather Channel.
September 1, 2020
Article about “Mourning Wave” by Baptist News Global
Greg was interviewed about his new book “Mourning Wave” by Jeff Brumley for Baptist News Global.