• There Are No Routine Plays

    By Glenn Dromgoole (This is the second of three excerpts from the book Parables from the Diamond that I co-authored with Phil Christopher, published in 2009 and now out of

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  • One Woman’s Unconditional Kindness

    By Danny Minton Winston Churchill called it “the greatest American Battle of the war.” It would be known in history as “The Battle of the Bulge.” The United States would

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  • Enjoy the Chase

    By Glenn Dromgoole (This is the first of three excerpts from the book Parables from the Diamond that I co-authored with Phil Christopher, published in 2009 and now out of

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  • Meet Mike Greenfield

    By Loretta Fulton A lot of kids would have gotten burned out on church if they had gone as much as Mike Greenfield did when he was growing up in

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  • Silence

    By Jim Nichols Silence is a word that demands an opposite. We each understand what is meant by silence, but we would probably define it as the absence of something.

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  • What’s in a Name?

    By Nancy Patrick In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet asks Romeo the title question when she tries to rationalize the relationship between herself, Juliet Capulet, and her lover, Romeo Montague.

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  • The Church Without Walls

    By Danny Minton Almost everyone who reads this has probably seen the World War II movie, “The Bridge on the River Kwai.” We can’t resist whistling the song that the

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  • Ah, Abilene

    By Glenn Dromgoole A few things I’ve learned after making Abilene my home for 40 years. Maybe you’ll agree. * Someone said “Keep Abilene Boring” and we take that as

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  • Harvard Law Professor, Winner of Pulitzer Prize, to Speak at ACU Event

    By Loretta Fulton The winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history in 2009 will be guest speaker for a lecture hosted by the Carl Spain Center on Race Studies and

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  • AAC to Hear McMurry Dean of Students, University Chaplain

    Ricky Harrison, newly named Dean of Students at McMurry University, will be guest speaker for the monthly meeting of the Abilene Association of Congregations. The public is invited to the

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Where Did We Go Wrong?

 THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Irony’s definition has been stretched to the breaking point for me. Verily, Humpty-Dumpty’s nursery rhyme about his “wall fall” pales greatly when compared to the fall-out of a deposed football coach who had a “falling out” with his employer. The shocker, though, is that deposed Coach Jimbo Fisher will be paid some $76 million to

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The Dammit Doll

By Marianne Wood Perhaps you need a Dammit Doll. I discovered that I did one day while at an appointment with my daughter about one year ago. The doll provides good therapy. On visiting a new physical therapist who turned out to be a-mazing, my daughter and I noticed a brightly-colored stuffed figure at the reception desk. Boldly emblazoned on

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December Filled With Religious Festivies

December is filled with religious observances, including Christmas, the best known locally. Although Abilene has a small representation of religions other than Christianity, some of the following observances are celebrated in private homes or small gatherings. Christmas always falls on Dec. 25, but many other religions are lunar based, meaning their observances fall on different dates each year. Following is

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Preparing the Way

Editor’s Note: Kelli Bryant Gibson (DPhil) associate professor of Historical Theology at Abilene Christian University’s Graduate School of Theology (GST), and her colleague, Dr. Mark Hamilton, edited Singing with the Shepherds, a collection of Advent meditations by GST faculty, students, and alumni,Singing with the Shepherds can be downloaded for free in both English and Spanish. Dr. Omar Palafox translated the

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Black Friday

View Post By DANNY MINTON On November 24, 2023, the year’s official “Black Friday” took place. Of course, it’s been going on for a few weeks, but the most extensive sales occurred that day and will continue for a few more Fridays. Traffic becomes thick, people crowd the stores, tempers flare, and dollars are spent on discounted items.  Have you

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‘Experiencing’ Freedom’ Talk on Thursday

“Experiencing Freedom Now” is the title of a free talk at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the Community Foundation of Abilene, 850 N. First St. Presenting the program will be Patricia Cohan Woodard, a Christian Science practitioner from Dallas. “Her desire is to show each individual their God-given freedom, their real heritage and their right to happiness and health,”

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