A WALK IN THE PARK
A walk in the park a vigorous stroll, it’s good for the heart and great for the soul.
Read moreLending helping hands
Hardin-Simmons University students in the Department of Physical Therapy work with special needs campers at the Joni & Friends Family Camp 2017 in Navasota. The will follow that camp with a mission trip to Peru. Photos courtesy Jacob Brewer, HSU Department of Physical Therapy. See more photos in Faith and Action by clicking here.
Read moreTHIS DAY
Be still and know that life is gift.
Read moreHSU PROFESSOR PUBLISHES ONLINE ARTICLE ON THE UNIVERSE
Rick Hammer, a biology professor at Hardin-Simmons University, has an article in The Behemoth, a Christianity Today website, with the intriguing title, “If C.S. Lewis Met E.T.: Scientists and theologians on the possibility of extraterrestrial life.” Hammer is a strong advocate of environmental stewardship and recently led a group of HSU students on a discovery trip to Texas A&M University’s
Read moreAbilene Called to Church
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 moreCHURCH CONFERENCE CLOSES WITH ROUSING YOUTH PRESENTATIONS
By 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 morePOLITICAL RANCOR
How did we become so determined to make enemies out of each other? Poem By Glenn Dromgoole
Read moreCOUNSELORS, CHILDREN LOVING CCC CAMPS at Grace Fellowship Church
By 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 moreFORMER ABILENIAN BECCA KELLO ORDAINED EPISCOPAL DEACON IN SERVICE AT HEAVENLY REST
Rebecca “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
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