• In The Spotlight: Anne Tippens

    Everyday Ministry shines the spotlight on those who try to stay out of it. They’re the ones who stay in the background, quietly doing the small things that make life

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  • Hendrick Chaplain Addresses Association of Congregatons

    By Loretta Fulton Wesley Erickson, Director of Mission and Ministry at Hendrick Health, will speak on a topic he knows well at the Wednesday, Sept. 23, meeting of the Abilene

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  • Catholic Parishes Fall Festivals

    Local Catholic parishes will be hosting fall festivals, beginning Saturday, Sept. 26.  Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 837 Jeanette St., will have a two-day festival Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26-27. Saturday’s

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  • Interfaith Council Invites Public To Film Screening

    The Abilene Interfaith Council invites the public to a screening of Fordson: Faith, Fasting, and Football, followed by a discussion led by Dr. Zach Ingle, a film studies scholar and

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  • A Statement of Faith

    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

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  • Smashed Windshield

    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

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  • Somewhere In My Memory

    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

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  • Fall Numbers Strong at Universities

    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

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  • Holy Family Celebrates 50 Years As A Parish

    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

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  • Investment Banker Next Fletcher Series Speaker at HSU

    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

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Meet Mark Waters

By Loretta Fulton Dr. Mark Waters has been a full-time professor at McMurry University for 19 years, plus six more as an adjunct before that. He has a bachelor’s degree, a master’s and a doctorate. But he now finds himself in the role of student, not teacher. He recently was named Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Education.

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Almost Bible (Part 7)

Almost Bible (Part 1)Almost Bible (Part 2)Almost Bible (Part 3)Almost Bible (Part 4)Almost Bible (Part 5)Almost Bible (Part 6) By Jim Nichols God’s Spirit speaks to us in multiple ways. The Bible/Scripture is certainly one of the methods. Most of us have recognized, however, that there are vistas, music, laughter, and multiple other manners where we experience the holy. Occasionally, it is through the spoken

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Walk Around Yourself

By Danny Minton The world today is full of people criticizing others; what they believe, how they look, what they say, their religion, their political views, their lifestyle, and just about any choice they make with which they disagree. Social media provides an easy platform to express a person’s opinions about others, often anonymously or under a pseudonym. People spend

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It’s Lunch time!

Meal service will begin on July 20 and run through Aug. 14 at the following locations:B.O.B.S., 1420 N. 3rd St., 6:30-7:15 a.m., dine-in only. Sack lunch provided at the breakfast.City Light Community Ministries, 1441 N. 4th St., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dine-in (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). Love & Care Ministries, 233 Fannin St., 7-8:30 a.m., dine-in; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., dine-inSalvation Army, 1726 Butternut

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Getting Home

By Glenn Dromgoole I don’t travel a lot. I don’t like airports, and I find that I can’t drive very far before I need to pull over and take a nap. And, when I get to the hotel, the pillows are too large or too hard or too something.  The best thing I have found about a vacation is getting

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Operation Blue Jeans 2026

By Loretta Fulton Every year since 1967, Operation Blue Jeans has provided kids a headstart on school–and life–with new clothes, a backpack, and a Bible.  This year will be no different, thanks to gifts and volunteers from the community. Operation Blue Jeans, an outreach project of Christian Service Center, decks out children from low-income families with brand new clothes and

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