THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Uncle Mort had never heard of “support parrots,” but admits that he shouldn’t have been surprised. “Seems like way too many of my friends are either sued or getting sued, but none of the squabbles involve birds,” he laughed. This was his jovial response upon reading recently that a New York City woman was awarded
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By Nancy Patrick On August 18, 2024, Dr. Matt Cook, interim pastor at First Baptist Church, preached a sermon based on Acts 2:44-47. The text describes the fundamental nature of friendship as that of gathering, loving, and sharing. Matt referred to an often told and sometimes exaggerated story of the 1976 Special Olympics in Seattle, Washington. The story illustrates the
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By Glenn Dromgoole My wife and I were at a party, and we met a church member whom we did not know previously. In the course of the conversation, it came up that we usually sit in the north section of the Trinity-sided sanctuary. We joked that we were “left-leaning Presbyterians.” Then I said that we had tried sitting in
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By Loretta Fulton Being nimble on your feet is a must for anyone leading a major institution, and nobody came better equipped than Erin Seabourne to lead Hendrick Home for Children. Erin joined the staff at the Home in 2013 as a caseworker and trained so that she could eventually replace her boss and mentor, David Perkins, who was Executive
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By Glenn Dromgoole We love to work.We hate to work.We work to put money in our pockets.We work to put meaning in our lives.We work to support our families.We work to support our egos.We work at home.We work to get away from home.We work hard.We work harder.We work hardest.We work hardly.We work to get ahead.We work to get by.We work
Read moreBy Danny Minton I recently watched the movie “An American Christmas Carol,” with the main character named Benedict Slade (aka. Scrooge). In one scene, he observes an old love he had turned away years before. Now, she was spending Christmas morning with her husband and child, a child that resembled the young love Slade had left. His face and eyes
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Christians made up an estimated 47 percent of all people living outside their country of birth as of 2020, the latest year for which global figures are available, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations data and 270 censuses and surveys. Muslims accounted for 29 percent of all living migrants, followed by Hindus (5 percent), Buddhists
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By Jim Nichols When I was a boy and a movie or television story was obviously frightening me, my mother would consistently say, “Remember, it is just a movie or tv show.” That helped move me from such a deep involvement in the scary situation to a more objective one. We have all learned that what we see on the
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury It was the slowest of hot, muggy days in the thicket. Mercury in the thermometer bulged and lodged in three-digit territory. Someone said he saw a dog chasing a rabbit, and both creatures were walking. The general store cash register had broken the silence twice before two geezers wandered in, and they weren’t there to
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Spirit Of Abilene 