By Glenn Dromgoole Not every Sunday, but some Sundays, we stand together in church and recite the Apostles Creed. Every now and then, maybe, the Nicene Creed. And there are numerous other statements of faith, in various churches and affiliated groups. I found a good one online from the C.S. Lewis Foundation, for example And while those do speak to
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By Jim Nichols Barbara Brown Taylor is a wordsmith who can pack a sermon into an amazingly small number of keystrokes. In a short essay titled Life-Giving Fear, she wrote the following which I have paraphrased: “It is not a bad thing for us to feel the full fragility of our lives. It is not a bad thing for us
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By Danny Minton I stumbled across a conversation this week where people were discussing when they put up their Christmas trees. It may sound like a strange question almost one hundred days from Christmas, with Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays still on the horizon, but it was a serious back-and-forth between a few dozen people. I was surprised by how many
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury It wasn’t something he expected to find in his rural mail box. However, my Uncle Mort opened the envelope joyously; it was from his great nephew. He thought immediately about his kin’s spread deep in Arkansas. In the envelope was a fancy invitation equal to any he’d ever seen for weddings or graduation
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By Loretta Fulton McMurry and Abilene Christian universities set enrollment records while Hardin-Simmons University experienced enrollment growth, record-setting residence hall occupancy, and continued expansion in high-demand academic programs. McMurry welcomed 340 new full-time first-year students, the largest entering class in the university’s 103-year history. The historic class is part of McMurry’s fourth consecutive year of record enrollment, with total fall
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Holy Family Catholic Church5410 Buffalo Gap Road325-692-1820holyfamilyabilene.org Timeline1972–Holy Family Catholic Center became a mission of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and met in the old Central Catholic School on Sherman Drive1976–Holy Family becomes a parish, with Rev. Robert Kelly as its first pastor. 1984–Groundbreaking held for new church on Buffalo Gap Road in September1985–Bishop Michael Pfeifer dedicates Holy Family Catholic Church at
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By Loretta Fulton The leader of Hilltop Securities, Inc., and its subsidiaries will be the next speaker in the fall Fletcher Lecture Series at Hardin-Simmons University. Brad Winges, president and Chief Executive Officer, will speak at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 29 in the Houston-Lantrip Center, located at 2241 Pine St. The lectures are free, but registration is required by Sept. 21.
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By Nancy Patrick Several years ago, I wrote a piece about how my mother’s life seemed to become smaller as she aged (THE CASE OF THE SHRINKING WOMAN | Spirit Of Abilene). I had many opportunities to observe as time and age-related health issues began to change both my parents’ lives. As I watched their lives evolve, I thought I
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By Jim Nichols Because I am a career biologist and a Christian, like others with that pairing I have answered the same question multiple times. That concern is how I can reconcile evolutionary theory with a serious reading of the Bible, specifically, Genesis. Although this has not been a significant problem for me, it is clearly on the minds of
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