Day Nursery of Abilene will celebrate its 45th year of child care service to the Abilene community on Thursday, Nov. 15, during its signature event, Dueling Pianos, Pies and Southern Skies. The event will take place at the 201 Mesquite Event Center beginning at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 6:45. Limited seating is available so purchase your individual tickets
Read morePopular blogger/author Jami Amerine, a 1996 graduate of Abilene Christian University, has a new book just published by Harvest House. The book and blog share the same title: “Sacred Ground, Sticky Floors: How Less-Than-Perfect Parents Can Raise Kids Who are (Kind of ) Great.” Her first book, “Stolen Jesus: An Unconventional Search for the Real Savior,” was published in October
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON Saturday, Oct. 27, was an ugly day. Eleven people who were worshipping at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue were murdered by a gunman whose hatred of Jews suddenly turned deadly. In Abilene, far from Pittsburgh, there were reminders that total strangers mourned alongside the loved ones of the victims and other Jews in Pittsburgh. Paul Cornelius,
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By DANNY MINTON Max Lucado in his book, “In the Eye of the Storm,” tells the following story about Chippie the parakeet. “Chippie the parakeet never saw it coming. One second he was peacefully perched in his cage. The next he was sucked in, washed up, and blown over. The problems began when Chippie’s owner decided to clean Chippie’s cage
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By MONICA J. O’DESKY I was conducting Torah study in Waco, Texas, when one of the participants received a news flash on his phone. There was a shooting in a synagogue in Pittsburgh. We all stopped to catch our breath for a minute. As details came out, we looked around at each other. There were maybe 15 of us in
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Quite a few Abilenians will be in Toronto Nov. 1-7 for the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Chief among them will be Rob Sellers, retired Hardin-Simmons University religion professor, who is chairman of the board of the parliament. Also going will be Jacob Snow of First Central Presbyterian Church and president of the Abilene Interfaith Council. A McMurry University class
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(Editor’s Note: Following are statements from religion leaders about the deadly shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27. Rob Sellers, retired religion professor at Hardin-Simmons University, is chairman of the board of the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Cliff Stewart, pastor of First Central Presbyterian Church, is president of the Abilene Association of Congregations.) A
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Abilenians are invited to make a little bit of history, as well as music, Nov. 28 when an attempt will be made to set a Guinness World Record. Choirs are invited to meet downtown at 6 p.m. Nov. 28 and join the effort in singing “Joy to the World.” An attempt will be made to set a record for most
Read more(Editor’s Note: Contributor Mike Patrick came across an article by Tom Mullen about 10 years ago and submitted it to the Reporter-News. It concerns how Christians are divided by elections and seems timely today, too. The article by Tom Mullen, “On Election Year Tensions,” was part of Mullen’s book, “Where 2 or 3 Are Gathered, Someone Spills His Milk.”) By
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