• Food Bank Adding Drive-thru Pantry Three Times a Month

    By Loretta Fulton The Food Bank of West Central Texas is opening a drive-thru food pantry that will be open hours and days that other pantries in town aren’t.  The

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  • Heavenly Rest to Dedicate Rebuilt Organ

    By Loretta Fulton After a wait of two years, the newly rebuilt organ at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest will be dedicated on Sunday, May 3. The dedication

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  • There Are No Routine Plays

    By Glenn Dromgoole (This is the second of three excerpts from the book Parables from the Diamond that I co-authored with Phil Christopher, published in 2009 and now out of

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  • One Woman’s Unconditional Kindness

    By Danny Minton Winston Churchill called it “the greatest American Battle of the war.” It would be known in history as “The Battle of the Bulge.” The United States would

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  • Enjoy the Chase

    By Glenn Dromgoole (This is the first of three excerpts from the book Parables from the Diamond that I co-authored with Phil Christopher, published in 2009 and now out of

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  • Meet Mike Greenfield

    By Loretta Fulton A lot of kids would have gotten burned out on church if they had gone as much as Mike Greenfield did when he was growing up in

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  • Silence

    By Jim Nichols Silence is a word that demands an opposite. We each understand what is meant by silence, but we would probably define it as the absence of something.

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  • What’s in a Name?

    By Nancy Patrick In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet asks Romeo the title question when she tries to rationalize the relationship between herself, Juliet Capulet, and her lover, Romeo Montague.

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  • The Church Without Walls

    By Danny Minton Almost everyone who reads this has probably seen the World War II movie, “The Bridge on the River Kwai.” We can’t resist whistling the song that the

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  • Ah, Abilene

    By Glenn Dromgoole A few things I’ve learned after making Abilene my home for 40 years. Maybe you’ll agree. * Someone said “Keep Abilene Boring” and we take that as

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Learn Spiritual Disciplines at AIC Meeting

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The public is invited to join members of the Abilene Interfaith Council on Tuesday, Oct. 17, for an evening of “Practicing Spiritual Disciplines.” The monthly meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Garden of Hope at First Central Presbyterian Church on the corner of North Fourth and Beech streets. Rev. Grace Sosa, Rev. Carlo Sosa-Ortiz, Dr. Angela Nicolini-Starr, Susanna

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The Shape We’re In

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THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Uncle Mort, my aged uncle down in The Thicket, has heard the expression since childhood. He’s used it repeatedly since about the time he thinks he became an adult. “We’re in pretty good shape for the shape we’re in.” The rancid saying–when fresh and generally applicable–may have warranted a grin or two back when. Nowadays,

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ACU Summit Focuses on ‘Holy Discomfort’

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Contact:  Connor Mullins, cam19c@acu.eduStudent Editorial Assistant Wendy Kilmer, wendy.kilmer@acu.edu Director of Communications and Media Relations The upcoming Summit at Abilene Christian University will focus on “Holy Discomfort: Our Journey Toward God.” Summit, which is in its 117th year, will be held Oct. 11-13, in conjunction with ACU’s homecoming weekend. Summit, sponsored by the Siburt Institute for Church Ministry, offers Christian leaders

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Love & Care Ministries Annual Revival Set for Oct. 8-11

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The annual revival hosted by Love & Care Ministries is set for four nights, Oct. 8-11, at the Abilene Convention Center, 1100 N. Sixth St.  Beginning at 6:30 p.m. each night, the revival will include worship, with a different preacher each night, children’s church for grades 1-6, music, meals, clothing give-aways, haircuts and other ministries. Everything is free. The preaching

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St. Francis at the Zoo

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Clergy from the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest will conduct a Blessing of the Animals service at the Abilene Zoo on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The public is invited to participate in the free event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Churches worldwide conduct animal blessings during the first week of October to celebrate the life and ministry of St.

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