By LORETTA FULTON After a year’s absence, the Abilene Opera Association is bringing back Handel’s Messiah, with two televised performances. Messiah will air at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, on KTXS (ABC) and at 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, on KXVA (Fox). The performances are a recording of the live production that was presented in 2019 at the Paramount Theatre.
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury The late James Naismith, an accomplished educator/physician/minister/philosopher, also was an inventor. An 1891 collegian, he took seriously the assignment to “invent” an indoor game to replace “thumb-twiddling” on dreary, cold, snowy days when youngsters ventured outdoors only to fetch firewood. He came up with “basketball,” a game he proposed to be “gentlemanly competition important to
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By JIM NICHOLS You probably have several of these in your purse or your pants pocket. They are small metal pieces with notches cut out in some pattern along one side. There is a hole in the wider end of the piece, and you probably have them connected by some type of attachment. These pieces can be inserted into the
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By ROSS STRADER 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer
Read moreBishop Michael Sis of the Diocese of San Angelo, will preside over a Mass at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 12 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Millersview, located near Paint Rock in Concho County. Dec. 12 is the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The following excerpt from Franciscan Media tells the legend of Our Lady of Guadalupe:
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By LORETTA FULTON If you meant to pack a shoebox for the annual Operation Christmas Child campaign but forgot, it’s not too late to pack a box online. Deadline for online packing to get the box counted in this year’s donations is Dec. 31. National collection week for physical boxes was Nov. 15-22. The local drive exceeded expectations, said Naomi
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Deadline to enter the Carter G. Woodson Competition, sponsored by the Carl Spain Center on Race Studies & Spiritual Action, is 5 p.m. Dec. 10. Applications can be submitted online at https://carlspaincenter.org/carter-g-woodson-competition-contest/ or in person at the Spain Center, Room 111 of the Biblical Studies Building at Abilene Christian University. Other important dates are: Paper Deadline: January 17th, 2022– Must
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON My first full-time church job was as youth minister for a congregation in South Texas. We moved there a couple of months after learning that our adopted son, Scottie, was severely mentally disabled. It was a tough move, leaving behind friends who would be our support group through challenging times for a young married couple of five
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Oh, that the inimitable Will Rogers were alive today. The need for his disarming smile and positive spirit helped Americans survive the Great Depression. He’d go a long way today in bringing people together as mounting challenges blot out our better acts and kinder nature. Even Will might not know where to start. An introductory
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