Tuesday, Sept. 2, is the deadline to register for the first of the First of the Fletcher Lecture Series at Hardin-Simmons University. Jim McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack,” will be guest speaker. McIngvale is a Houston entrepreneur who started Gallery Furniture. He will speak at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the Houston-Lantrip Center, 2241 Pine St. Click here
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By Loretta Fulton Dr. Steven Moore, an ACU English professor and prolific writer, will present “Brushstrokes & Verses” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Grace Museum. The program is free. Light refreshments will be provided. The museum will be open free of charge to the public 5-8 p.m. (Moore also will speak at the Abilene Association of Congregations
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By Nancy Patrick On July 20, 2025, Dr. Matt Cook, my interim pastor at the time, preached a sermon that has bothered me ever since hearing it. I read the passage from Jeremiah 12 repeatedly during the sermon and have continued reading it and looking up commentary on it. I’m not sure why the topic of unfairness has troubled me
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By Loretta Fulton Abilene’s three university campuses are already buzzing with activity in preparation for the beginning of classes on Aug. 25. Among the highlights of the opening of the fall semester are: ACU students are in for two treats this week during Wildcat Week. A candlelight devotional will begin at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, in Beauchamp Amphitheatre in
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Dr. Steven Moore, an ACU English professor and prolific writer, will be guest speaker for the Wednesday, Aug. 27, meeting of the Abilene Association of Congregations. The meeting, which is open to the public, begins with lunch at 11:45 a.m., at Wylie Christian Church, 6250 Buffalo Gap Road. Suggested lunch donation is $3. (Moore also will speak at the Grace Museum
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By Glenn Dromgoole It’s one of the first questions you might ask a stranger: “Where are you from?” Now, I’m a grammar nerd, but not a grammar purist. A purist might insist that you shouldn’t say “Where are you from?” because it ends in a preposition. So, to be grammatically correct, I suppose I should say, “Where are you from,
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By Danny Minton Several years ago, there was a movie produced entitled “The Nativity Story”. As you can tell by the title, this is a recounting of the story of the birth of Jesus. There is one scene in particular that has always stood out to me, mainly because I had always looked at the story as an outside observer,
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By Jim Nichols The first character we meet in the musical play Mary Poppins is Winifred Banks as she returns to her London home in 1910; she has been attending a Suffragette rally. She finds that her two children have run away from home again, and yet another unacceptable nanny has quit. The father in the house (George Banks) insists
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By Danny Minton When I was a senior at Abilene Christian, I worked in the maintenance department parttime. To begin with, I mostly cleaned the air filters in all the buildings on campus and did minor plumbing repairs. I had been in every single dorm room in every dormitory on campus in the late ’60s. I was given one job
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