Editor’s Note: Danny Minton wrote the following as a Facebook post on Dec. 11, the 60th anniversary of a football injury that changed his life. By Danny Minton Life takes some journeys that lead you in ways you never expected. Sometimes the journey can be a blessing, and other times a journey of disappointments. My journey began in Wichita Falls,
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Our Savior Lutheran Church Living Nativity Where: 4833 S. 7th St.When: Tuesday, Dec. 16 and Wednesday, Dec. 17Times: 7 and 8 p.m. dailyAdmission: FreeDetails: 20-member cast plus animals from Analie Acres in Hawley; refreshments afterward For more than 50 years, a Christmas tradition in Abilene has been the Living Nativity staged by Our Savior Lutheran Church, 4833 S. 7th St.
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Las Posadas celebrations St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church2525 Westview Drive325-672-1794https://stvincent-pallotti.org/ St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church826 Cottonwood St.(325) 672-6695https://www.stfrancisabilene.com/ By Loretta Fulton For Maria Flores, Advent is a special time of year. It is a time of preparation for the coming birth of Jesus and for celebrating one of Flores’ favorite traditions, Las Posadas. The Mexican tradition is a reenactment
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By Jim Nichols Who knows what the true trigger is? A person might be reading a book and the sensation starts. Perhaps a long-lost photograph falls from an old magazine where it was stuck for decades. Maybe a movie or television show touches on something you thought you had buried in your personal history and therefore successfully forgotten. Regardless of
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By Marianne Wood The gifts of the magi, the gifts of the spirit, the gifts we give for birthdays, holidays, and all sorts of celebrations vary greatly. At this time of year, my news and social media feeds are full of recommendations, from books to groceries. The Trader Joe advertisement sucked me in today. So many things to try like
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury If all the COVID-19 stories were laid end to end and submerged, it might be a good thing. Most of us think of this acronym (Corona Virus Disease-2019) in negative terms. However, just as some first century Christians wondered if anything good could come out of Nazareth, surely Jesus smiled and cut them much slack.
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It was Christmas Eve. I was at the office late, putting out the Christmas Day edition at the newspaper where I worked. Everyone else had gone, save one or two other souls who were printing the paper. A woman appeared at the door, desperate. She had just driven back into town after spending the past week with her husband, who
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By Jim Nichols As the American Christmas season nears, positive images are beginning to surround us. Memorable music, aromas, colorful lights, perfectly prepared special foods—we each have our favorite aspects. In many ways, it is a wonderful time. A friend once proposed to me that he thought the incarnation, not the resurrection, was the fundamental activity of Christianity. He defended
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By Danny Minton “I believe in the sun, though it be dark.I believe in God, though He be silent.I believe in neighborly love, though it be unable to reveal itself.” Beneath the old buildings of Cologne, Germany, Catholic Scouts discovered unused passageways. When the German Gestapo was moving “undesirables” from the streets of the cities, many Jewish families fled to
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