IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Proverbial truisms typically go unchallenged, but an expression dating back to the sixteenth century has gone by the boards when its application is directed toward men’s footwear. Historically, what men have worn on their feet has been basic, often dictated by comfort, durability and practicality. Long before Baskin-Robbins came along with 31 flavors that threatened
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By LORETTA FULTON As a real estate broker and owner of a local company, Vance Cooksey is used to putting people into houses. But an additional job as program coordinator for Work Again West Texas, in partnership with Goodwill-West Texas, is giving Cooksey an opportunity of a different sort to guide people into permanent housing. The program provides part-time jobs
Read moreBishop Scott Mayer has eased COVID-19 restrictions for churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas. Masks will still be required for indoor worship social distancing requirements will be lifted. The diocese issued the following statements, with changes effective Sunday, May 16: After more than a year of living with COVID-19, we may finally be seeing a light at the
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U.S. Jews are culturally engaged, increasingly diverse, politically polarized and worried about anti-Semitism, according to the findings of a new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center. The survey found that many Jewish Americans participate, at least occasionally, both in some traditional religious practices and in some Jewish cultural activities. Among young Jewish adults, however, two sharply divergent expressions of
Read moreHoward Payne UniversityNews Release Howard Payne University will host a free Zoom seminar, “In the Beginning and Beyond: A Study of Genesis 1-4,” on six Wednesdays in May and June. Leading the study will be Dr. Donnie Auvenshine, HPU’s vice president for academic affairs and professor of Christian studies. The meetings will take place from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Read moreMark Hewitt, founder and executive director of Love & Care Ministries, is featured in the current issue of Abilene Scene magazine as an Abilene Influencer. Click on the heading below to read the story
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By LORETTA FULTON Day One of a feeding ministry started by First Christian Church didn’t look promising, with bad weather causing a detour. But 25 years later, B.O.B.S., or Breakfast on Beech Street, is a testament to what faith and perseverance can do. “It was nothing short of an ordained miracle,” said Jane Hurley, who was in on the ground
Read moreA memorial service will be held May 15 for Mark Rogers, who was killed in a car accident on March 13. The service will begin at 10 a.m. at Southern Hills Church of Christ, where Rogers was a member. The service will be live-streamed on the church’s YouTube channel. Rogers was West Central Texas Market President of Big Brothers Big
Read moreBy JIM NICHOLS Do you remember your first elementary school building? I do. I spent the first three-plus years of my education at Francis Willard Elementary in Kansas City. In kindergarten a boy held a crayon in his hand for a long time and it soon got softened and melted enough he could bend it into a curl; I was
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