• Glenn Dromgoole Launches Civility Website

    Abilene author Glenn Dromgoole has launched a new website to promote civility. “Over the years, I’ve written a lot about civility in books and articles,” Dromgoole said. “I just wanted

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  • New Branch of Presbyterian Church Opens in Abilene

    Branches of the Presbyterian Church represented in AbilenePresbyterian Church USA–First Central Presbyterian, 400 Orange St., and Westminster Presbyterian, 4515 S. 14th St. Click here to learn more about the Presbyterian

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  • Ballet Folklorico 2026

    Bodas y Fiestas de MexicoWhat: Ballet Folklórico de Alvaro Muñoz presents “Bodas y Fiestas de Mexico”When: 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19Where: Paramount Theater, 352 Cypress St. Tickets: Click here for tickets.

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  • State Line Road

    By Jim Nichols Many of us (including me) have wonderings circulating through our brain that have been there from childhood into adulthood. One question for me is why humans tend

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  • His Name Was Hody

    By Danny Minton I recently heard the story of a man named Hody Buford Childress. After hearing it, I had to check into his life a little more. Chances are

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  • Meals on Wheels Director Earns National Award

    By Loretta Fulton Meals on Wheels Plus employees and volunteers got good news and sad news this week. The good news is that Betty Bradley, executive director, was honored with

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  • Director of Christian Service Center Retiring

    CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTERDec. 13, 1965–Organized under the direction of 16th and Vine Street Church of ChristJanuary 1967–Grew to include four other congregations, each assuming some financial responsibilityMay 1, 1968–Turned the

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  • I Have a Dream

    By Danny Minton It was Aug. 28, 1963, when Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and gave his now-famous “I

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  • The Spiritual Practice of Waving

    By Isaiah Core The Texas state motto is “Friendship” and was adopted in 1930 by the legislature. The word Texas is derived from the Caddo word “Tejas” meaning friend or

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  • Words and More Words (“Thoughts,” Part 2)

    By Nancy Patrick People who have known me only as an adult express surprise when I tell them that I was one of the quietest students in all my classes.

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CAMPFIRE FOR REAL MEN

GET REAL MEN’S MINISTRY For more information, to volunteer as a counselor, or sign up for the next Get Real campfire, call Ben Gray at 325-518-8327 or email him at grayben@sbcglobal.net. Cost is $55, which includes meals and lodging. A survey by the Barna Group showed that 60 percent of the men contacted said they are looking for a genuine

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FRIENDS BID TEARFUL FAREWELL TO EGLE AND HER ETERNAL THREADS SHOP

  SAYING FAREWELL In the photos above, friends say goodbye to Linda Egle during a farewell party Oct. 19 at Highland Church of Christ. Egle, founder of Eternal Threads, 101 Walnut St., is closing the shop effective Oct. 31 and is  moving to Nebraska to be near family. The store will still have an online presence, http://www.eternalthreads.org,  and items may be

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SEMINARIES, AND SEMINARIANS, FACE NEW CHALLENGES, HSU SPEAKER SAYS

    Photos courtesy Hardin-Simmons University By Loretta Fulton Usually, if a split occurs between a Baptist university and an affiliate state convention, it’s the university that fires the first shot. It wasn’t that way in 2005 when the Georgia Baptist Convention severed its ties with Mercer University, Dr. R. Alan Culpepper, retired dean of the McAfee School of Theology

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EPISCOPALIANS ‘LOVE TO TELL THE STORY’, AND DID, AT DIOCESAN CONVENTION

  The Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas held its 59th annual convention in Abilene Oct. 12-14, with events at the Church of the Heavenly Rest and at the Abilene Convention Center. The convention opened the night of Oct. 12 with the service of Evensong and conclude the morning of Oct. 14 with the convention Eucharist. A reception following Evensong and

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POVERTY IS LACK OF HOPE, KENYAN NATIVE TELLS HSU AUDIENCE

For more information on Compassion International and Youth Arise Africa, go to the following websites: http://www.compassioninternational.org http://www.youthariseafrica.org By Loretta Fulton The message projected on the screen was bleak. “Poverty is not a lack of material wealth; it’s lack of hope.” The speaker behind the PowerPoint presentation was David Kirika, 27, a native of Kenya who knows all too well what

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