THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury During growing-up years, I don’t remember hearing much talk about splashing on sweet-smelling stuff. Surely it was poetic injustice, what with cotton-picking heating up many of my kin who labored in the fields, not to mention other farm chores that caused streams of sweat that seemed inevitable during half of each calendar year. The
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By LORETTA FULTON In his first Easter production at Pioneer Drive Baptist church, Reed Ambrose aimed high. All the way to the top, in fact. He’s playing the role of Jesus in the upcoming “The Cross, The Crown,” which will be staged at the Abilene Convention Center Wednesday-Saturday, April 5-8. The public is invited to the productions. The four presentations
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By LORETTA FULTON You’ll have to pardon Debra Burchett if she seems to be going in all directions these days. She has every right to be. Burchett is riding herd over preparations for celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Presbyterian Medical Care Mission and her 10th year as its executive director. “I am blessed daily by working with an amazing
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By LORETTA FULTON The opening worship session of ACU’s Summit sounded a little like an old-time revival meeting Thursday afternoon, with plenty of handclapping and standard hymns sung acapella style. The only thing not “old” about it was the projection of the hymn lyrics onto a wall of the Chapel on Hill. Not that the audience, or congregation, needed a
Read morePastor Emeritus, Dr. Peter James “Jim” Flamming, who served First Baptist Church in Abilene from 1966 to 1981, died at Westminster Canterbury Richmond, in Richmond, Virginia on March 27, 2023. He served Richmond’s First Baptist Church for 23 years, from 1983-2006. Prior to his move to Richmond, Dr. Flamming served several churches in Texas, including Abilene. Dr. James Flamming Dr.
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By LORETTA FULTON “The Cross, The Crown: An Easter Worship Experience” will be presented April 5-8 at the Abilene Convention Center. The public is invited to the productions, courtesy of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. The four presentations are free, but tickets are required by calling the church at 692-6776 or by emailing music@pioneerdrive.org Presentations will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
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Beginning March 30, the campus of Abilene Christian University will be buzzing as people gather for the 167th Summit and the 67th annual Sing Song. Sing Song will return to its longtime home, Moody Coliseum, for the first time since 2020 after taking place in alternate locations and formats the past two years during the pandemic and the renovation of
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An annual tradition, the Holy Week Luncheon Series, will be observed this year beginning Monday, April 3. Theme for the four-day series will be “The Week Called Holy.” Each day, one of four participating ministers will preach at another’s church. Kicking off the series will be Brandon Hudson, new senior pastor at First Baptist Church. He will preach on “Eau
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By JIM NICHOLS Do you ever wonder what the catcher says to the pitcher when he visits the mound? A reporter asked a catcher, and the response was: “I tell him that this batter cannot hit an inside curve ball nor can he run fast. Furthermore, he tends to be afraid of getting hit by a pitch.” The reporter continued,
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