By NANCY PATRICK Nothing in life is more precious, valuable, fulfilling, cherished, frustrating, complex, and heartbreaking than family. Nothing brings out the negative sides of family more than illness and death. Only four people comprised my nuclear family—mom, dad, two daughters. Four years older than my sister, Peggy, I lived with our parents four years before she entered the picture,
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON A new pastor will be serving St. Paul United Methodist Church effective July 1. Bobby Wilson, current pastor of St. Paul’s UMC in El Paso, was announced Sunday morning, March 13, as the new minister, replacing Steve Patterson, who has been at St. Paul since July 2019. Patterson was appointed as pastor of St. John’s UMC in
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HELPING UKRAINIAN REFUGEESGlobal Samaritan Resources of Abilene is asking for assistance in filling buckets with everyday household goods to aid people fleeing Ukraine following the invasion by Russia on Feb. 24. The public can assist with the effort by donating money to fill the buckets at www. globalsamaritan.org. It costs $40 to fill and ship each bucket. After supplies are
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury It’s a reach, of course, to recall a melody popular with the free world in 1942. Somehow, I do, and “Googling” the title revealed lyrics tucked away in a five-year-old’s memory rekindled 80 years later. World War II was in its early years. Adults were understandably concerned that atrocities might reach our shores. Bravery,
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By JIM NICHOLS Women’s History Month allows us opportunities to identify individuals unknown to many. Scientist Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) is such a person, and her story contains elements of competition and sexism that sound familiar to modern readers. When most people think of “science,” they note the big three: biology, chemistry, and physics. There are subdisciplines of each of these
Read moreBy MARIANNE WOOD At the direction of my employer, Bill Wright, I drove to San Angelo, Texas, one bright sunny morning to get the final interview for a book about Celia Ann Hill called Headn’ West. Her pal, Maxine Acton Cox, had yet to weigh in on the story. So just before lunchtime on September 18, 2019, I interviewed cowgirl and
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON When asked who you view as the important people of the Bible, most men will likely name Jesus, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Noah, David, Paul, Peter, among others. On the other hand, women will probably add Sarah, Esther, Mary, Ruth, and a few others. All of these men and women attained a high level of respect as
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ACU’s Center for the Study of Ancient Religious Texts (CSART) is presenting a free seminar March 22 on “The First 100 Years of Christianity.” The seminar. which is open to the public, will be begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Packer Forum of ACU’s Brown Library and will be livestreamed. It will feature three scholars–Dr. James W. Thompson, Dr. Richard
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Contact: Wendy Kilmer, wendy.kilmer@acu.edu Director of Communications and Media Relations Deadline to register for ACU’s annual Summit is today, March 15. Sessions will be held on and off campus over a two-day period, March 31-April 1. For more information and to register, visit siburtinstitute.org/summit. The longstanding church leader gathering will focus on communal experiences and spiritual renewal in its new
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