THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury My grandkids might understandably say of me, “Oh, Poppy, you are so yesterday.” And they are so right, clearly on target if they encase me with the “day before yesterday” crowd. Whatever, they often kid me about needless effort expended in simple written communication. For example, I frequently scrawl the word “okay.” They assure me
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St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church, 2525 Westview St. will be hosting Cinco de Mayo events Friday and Saturday, May 5-6. A parade will begin lining up at the church at 5:30 p.m. Friday. The parade will then process to Sears Park on Ambler Street. At the park, sponsor tables will be set up, with free giveaways. A DJ and a
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ACU News Release Emmy Award-winning ABC News correspondent John Quiñones will speak at Abilene Christian University Saturday, May 6, in Hunter Welcome Center. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 9 a.m. for coffee and pastries, and the program will begin at 9:30. The speaking engagement is jointly hosted by ACU’s Office of Diversity, Equity
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By LORETTA FULTON Abilenians will have two opportunities to join in National Day of Prayer services on Thursday. And, Hardin-Simmons University is getting a headstart by hosting a breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday in the Mabee Athletic Complex on campus. All services, including the breakfast, are free to the public. Click here to RSVP for the breakfast. The Abilene Interfaith
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By NANCY PATRICK Some say the world has gone to hell in a handbasket. Perhaps society perpetuates that sentiment with news of mass shootings, attacks on ethnic groups, wars all over the world, and plain meanness, hypocrisy, hatred, and exclusivity. Recent puzzling incidents of unprovoked violence have added doubt, fear, and trepidation to an already fragile social climate. How can
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON One Friday night, I answered the phone, and my seven-year-old niece was on the other end of the line. She then began to ask me a theological question I had never been asked in my 40-plus years of ministry. A theological question from a seven-year-old? Now that was something I was never expecting. In fact, it’s a
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury It would be daunting for researchers half his age, but it didn’t stop Dr. Ray Van Cleef from reconnecting with his baseball players from six decades ago. The longtime Texas community college administrator couldn’t resist trying. Late in 2022, the search began. At age 94, he employed the usual communications efforts–some of them
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An informational Zoom meeting for the summer Racial Healing of America Revival and Bus Tour will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 30. Signup information is pasted below. The tour is sponsored by the ACU Carl Spain Center on Race Studies and Spiritual Action. Dates of the tour are July 9-17, 2023. The Racial Healing of America Revival and
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A new center in Abilene Christian University’s Brown Library will honor Landon Saunders, longtime Church of Christ minister. The kick-off of fundraising for the Landon Saunders Center for Joy and Human Flourishing was announced at the annual Friends of ACU Library dinner April 19. The new center has a mission to promote conversation and reflection upon the primacy of joy
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