SAYING FAREWELL In the photos above, friends say goodbye to Linda Egle during a farewell party Oct. 19 at Highland Church of Christ. Egle, founder of Eternal Threads, 101 Walnut St., is closing the shop effective Oct. 31 and is moving to Nebraska to be near family. The store will still have an online presence, http://www.eternalthreads.org, and items may be
Read morePhotos courtesy Hardin-Simmons University By Loretta Fulton Usually, if a split occurs between a Baptist university and an affiliate state convention, it’s the university that fires the first shot. It wasn’t that way in 2005 when the Georgia Baptist Convention severed its ties with Mercer University, Dr. R. Alan Culpepper, retired dean of the McAfee School of Theology
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Read moreThe Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas held its 59th annual convention in Abilene Oct. 12-14, with events at the Church of the Heavenly Rest and at the Abilene Convention Center. The convention opened the night of Oct. 12 with the service of Evensong and conclude the morning of Oct. 14 with the convention Eucharist. A reception following Evensong and
Read moreFor more information on Compassion International and Youth Arise Africa, go to the following websites: http://www.compassioninternational.org http://www.youthariseafrica.org By Loretta Fulton The message projected on the screen was bleak. “Poverty is not a lack of material wealth; it’s lack of hope.” The speaker behind the PowerPoint presentation was David Kirika, 27, a native of Kenya who knows all too well what
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Read moreBy Loretta Fulton “What Makes Us Orthodox” could be read as a question, or it could be taken as an affirmation. The speaker for a forum at Abilene Christian University Oct. 12 chose to make it both. The Rev. Dr. Anton Vrame, director of the Department of Religious Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, described some of
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Eboo Patel visits with guests at his Interfaith Youth Core in Chicago. Patel was in Abilene Oct. 11-12 to meet with students and faculty at McMurry University and the public. Photo courtesy Interfaith Youth Core By Loretta Fulton “Let me tell you a story.” It’s the way Eboo Patel beings a speech. And, it’s…
By Loretta Fulton “Let me tell you a story.” It’s the way Eboo Patel beings a speech. And, it’s the perfect beginning for a talk by Patel, a gifted storyteller. He proved that the evening of Oct. 11 when he presented a talk at McMurry University that was attended by members of the Abilene Interfaith Council and other Abilene residents.
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