By Mark Waters On November 16, 1989, members of the Salvadoran Atlácatl Battalion—trained and armed by the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia—entered the campus of the University of Central America (UCA) in San Salvador where they murdered six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her 15-year-old daughter. The priests served on the faculty of the University. Their primary
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Editor’s Note: Glenn’s column is just in time for the Children’s Art and Literacy Festival (CALF), which will be held June 11-14. Many of the locations cited are associated with the festival. Be sure to check out the rest of them, too. You’ll be glad you did. By Glenn Dromgoole With Abilene’s reputation as the Storybook Capital of America comes
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By Danny Minton Several years ago, I came across an anonymous post entitled “Everything I Need to Know about Life, I Learned from the Ark.” I’ve since seen it posted numerous times, and the author has some good thoughts. “Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah’s Ark.”One – Don’t miss the boat.Two – Remember, we’re all
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By Loretta Fulton On Aug. 2, one ministerial career will end for C.V. Blake and another will begin. That will be the last day for C.V. to serve as pastor for adults at First Baptist Church and the beginning of his ministry to churches without a pastor. But before that, he and his wife of 43 years, Shelly, most likely
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By Loretta Fulton Vacation Bible School may be the best-known summer activity at churches, but the fun doesn’t end there. Many churches are offering fun events for children and families, and most of it is free. If you would like to add an event, please send details to editor@spiritofabilene.com. The information should include the name of the event, what it
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Editor’s Note: Glenn’s column first was posted on Spirit of Abilene May 31, 2025. It is worth reading again. By Glenn Dromgoole It’s summer, and churches all over town are having Vacation Bible School — and that brings to mind the most memorable VBS of my life. And I wasn’t even a participant. It was 60 years ago, the summer
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By Danny Minton This week I am going through all the books I have in the house to make room for another piece of furniture. It was an old dresser at a cheap price. When my wife was through refinishing it, it turned out to be a beautiful piece of cherrywood. We are always looking for deals, and probably over
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICAN THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Readers with long memories yearn for more clean, creative humor. Sadly, folks in the first half of their lives are clueless about the golden years of radio. It featured 30-minute comedy shows with multiple thigh-slapping moments via radio. The late Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding teamed up for the Bob and Ray
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By Danny Minton I’ve spent all day thinking about what I would like to say in my article this week and have come to the conclusion that I have nothing to say. I do have dozens of stories and illustrations I could choose from, but I couldn’t think of a good way to write them. I thought about speaking about
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