Pioneer Drive Baptist Church alerted its members of a plan that is being studied for a gradual reopening of the church, based on advice from health professionals. The plan was laid out in an emailed newsletter. Under the plan, in-person worship would resume June 7, “with social distancing protocols in place.” The first phase would include reopening church offices on
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TakeMeOuttotheBallgame.mov Click on the link above to watch Abilenian Dustin Tatro playing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and other baseball favorites. By LORETTA FULTON “I’m the Texas Rangers organist!” Please excuse Dustin Tatro if he can’t help saying that over and over. The St. Paul United Methodist Church organist and EMT for Citizens Emergency Medical Service has added
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By LORETTA FULTON Sometimes, it’s the simplest of things that sparks an attraction between to people. For Big Mama, it was simply responding to a request. Big Mama was at a Fourth of July biker rally near Coronado’s Camp and two bands were schedule to play. She asked the first band to play a Lynyrd Skynyrd song, but they couldn’t.
Read moreIDLE AMERICAN Commentary by Dr. Don Newbury Let’s make a worldwide observation. Man’s “inhumanity to man” has been chronicled–as well as played out, unfortunately–across the centuries. (Hey, now. I’m writing in broadest terms that likewise include women, too. They’ve worked right alongside, and often ahead, but that’s a whole ‘nuther story.) In these uncertain days when calendar pages seem to
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Jake Deshazer walked through the door of the community center in Nagoya, Japan, in the spring of 1950. As he passed through the entrance, a young Japanese woman wearing a yellow kimono greeted him. Amayo bowed before Jake with a warm welcome and a smile. He was met by 50 or 60 more people who then wanted
Read moreBy JIM NICHOLS The newspaper, radio, and television headlines speak about returning to normal when this pandemic wanes. It is worth asking what this means. What is the definition of “normal”? One of the curious aspects of the early Genesis stories is that God tells Adam to “name” all the other creatures. A reasonable explanation is to understand this was
Read moreBy MARIANNE WOOD Obituaries, often called simply, “obits,” offer readers a rich trove of stories. But their main purpose, providing family and friends a way to publicly honor a departed loved one with a quick depiction of a person’s life, usually features a photo and three to many paragraphs of biographical information. These brief to ponderously long works of non-fiction
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By LORETTA FULTON Good leaders get ahead of the game as soon as an opportunity arises, or even begins to emerge. And that is exactly what the leaders-in-training at ACU’s Lytle Center for Faith and Leadership did when “coronavirus” and “COVID-19” first emerged in our vocabulary. As soon as that happened, students put on their thinking caps and came up
Read moreChristian Service Center, 3185 N. Tenth St., continues to serve during this time of social distancing and sheltering in place. The center’s director, Jim Clark, announced the following changes in an email. CSC is providing basic needs on: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. “We ask our neighbors to call and place their food orders or emergency
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