By Jay Moore It was a series of C-sharps which first called Abilene to worship in 1883. The tone rang forth from the belfry atop the small Methodist church located at South Second and Butternut. That same note, from that same bell, continues to sound each Sunday as one of Abilene’s oldest congregations gathers for worship. Just weeks after the
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton The annual convention of two African-American Baptist Church conferences ended June 30 like it began June 26–with thanks to God and plenty of good music. The 103rd meeting of the Congress of Christian Education and the 114th meeting of the Original West Texas Baptist District Association, Inc., ended with performances of all kinds by youth groups. They
Read moreHow did we become so determined to make enemies out of each other? Poem By Glenn Dromgoole
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton “My mom gave me a dime to buy a lime.” “My mom gave me a quarter to buy water. And on and on it went–one rhyme after another in a silly little song that everyone was loving. That was the scene June 26 at the Caring in Action (CIA) camp hosted by Connecting Caring Communities and held
Read moreRebecca “Becca” Kello was ordained as a deacon June 14 in a service at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest. The Rt. Rev. Scott Mayer, bishop of the Diocese of Northwest Texas, presided. Kello will begin her job as associate rector at Christ Episcopal Church and campus chaplain at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, July 1. Kello
Read moreAt the first peek of daylight I give thanks for another day.
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton Anyone getting ready for a medical mission trip to an international destination naturally would have some worries. Knowing the language should not be one of them, according to a young woman who has been there. “Don’t worry about knowing the language,” said Keelan O’Connell Camacho. “The universal language is love.” And that is exactly what a
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton At precisely 8:40 p.m., Anas and Hannah Daghmoumi sat down at a small serving table to break the Ramadan fast with a guest in their home. Two children, ages 3 and a half and 5, had their own “break-fast” at the kitchen table. The adults enjoyed dates shipped from California, clustered nuts, hot tea, and Hannah’s homemade
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton During the Great Depression, the government instituted a plan to fight the high unemployment rate based on “relief, recovery, and reform.” That was the philosophy behind President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal program to immediately assist those in need, jumpstart the economy, and then keep the economy stable. The speaker for a seminar on poverty held May
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