Don’t forget to “spring forward” this weekend as Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 13. Before going to bed Saturday night. set your clocks forward one hour. For those who don’t like Daylight Saving Time, it comes to an end at 2 a.m. Nov. 6, just a short eight months from now. You’ll get to regain that
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On Tuesday, March 8, which is International Women’s Day, Hardin-Simmons University will kick off four days of events emphasing gender equality. “For 2022, we are working to #BreakTheBias to make gender equality a reality around the globe,” said Tiffany Fink, a Professor in HSU’s Department of History, Philosophy and Political Science. Purple ribbons, which signify solidarity and support of the
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By LORETTA FULTON All eyes have been on Ukraine following the Russian invasion of Feb. 24, but members of First Central Presbyterian Church also are looking just across the border into Tulcea, Romania. The city is home to New Opportunities for Romanian Orphaned Children or NOROC, which was founded in 1997 by Fred and Carolyn White, longtime members of First
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Religion News Service reports that The United Methodist Church has delayed its General Conference meeting for a third time due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. In response, some conservative United Methodists have announced they will preemptively leave the denomination rather than wait for the long-anticipated meeting. Click here to read entire RNS story.
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By JIM NICHOLS The two-lane highway through the Indiana countryside is bounded by trees just beginning to show leaves of autumn color. A few even blow across the road with the modest breeze. As the camera moves down the road, it focuses on single boys behind farmhouses—each boy is shooting a basketball. With the metal hoops and wooden backboards, no
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The monthly meeting of the Abilene Interfaith Council will feature a presentation by members of the Interfaith San Antonio Alliance. The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin with lunch at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 10, in Gerhart Hall at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander St. Lunch is by donation. Wyndee Holbrook, executive director
Read moreThe life of St. Nektarios of Aegina is featured in a movie that will be shown in Abilene beginning March 21. Philip LeMasters, priest at St. Luke Orthodox Church in Abilene, provided the following information. The feature-length movie was released last year in Greece. Click here for a link to purchase tickets. “Exiled unjustly, convicted without a trial, slandered without
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON As Women’s History Month begins, it makes me think of many women of history and today that I admire and respect. Women have made an immense impact on the Christian world, the church, communities, and families over the last two-thousand years. This month I’m going to spend each week sharing the life of an exceptional woman who
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Dr. Jimmie L. Nelson, a minister long-known for being about his Father’s business, still preaches and teaches at every opportunity–even as the years stack up. The seasoned theologian and long-time faculty member at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth observed his 94th birthday on February 11. Church friends held a luncheon in his
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