Editor’s Note: March is Women’s History Month and Spirit of Abilene will be highlighting women who have made a difference in the lives of others. To honor someone, send her name, photo, and reason for the honor to editor@spiritofabilene.com By Marianne Wood She handed me a pecan and said, “I believe it’s the best. It’s from the house on the
Read moreBy Danny Minton Fair Warning: If you read the rest of this week’s post, you will be required to carry out a task. The task won’t cost you any money, and how much of your life it consumes depends on you. I do not know how many people read my post weekly, but if everyone who reads this will fulfill
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GALA INFORMATIONThe 4th annual gala benefiting Beyond Trafficking will be held Saturday, March 2, at the Taylor County Expo Center. Doors open at 5 p.m. Click here to purchase tickets. By Loretta Fulton When Stephanie Andrade-Rocha founded Beyond Trafficking in 2017, she brought with her a world of work and lifetime experience. She acknowledges that growing up, she didn’t think
Read moreCathy Roberson, spiritual coordinator for Pregnancy Resources of Abilene, will be guest speaker for the Feb. 28 meeting of the Abilene Association of Congregations. The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin with lunch at 11:45 a.m. in the dining room at First Baptist Church, 1333 N. Third St. Park on the southside and enter the door by
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Texas’ prime grilling season is only weeks away. I await in the shadow of a conundrum, not knowing whether to mark off calendar days with giddy anticipation or be “gloomed” like Charlie Brown stumbling away from another setback. There’s a certain limpness accompanying the unknown. That’s how I remember a sudden desire at age
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By Jim Nichols The punchline question for this article is “What can you and I give?” The response is “Every gift is acceptable to God.” You and I tend to rate gifts as to their relative value. Of course, this is based on our own eyes and judgments that are clearly related to our own experiences. In fact, it is
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He forgave Peter, put him in charge of the church – from weakness to rock. Glenn Dromgoole is a former editor of the Abilene Reporter-News and the author of numerous books. He and his wife, Carol, own Texas Star Trading Company.
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By Nancy Patrick In October, 2023, I wrote an article about the Hebrew term timshel (https://spiritofabilene.com/2023/10/13/prayer-for-timshel/). My interest in the concept began with my reading of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden last fall. My first reading of the novel took several weeks because of an its length and the dense language. Steinbeck develops several pairs of characters that serve as
Read moreBy Danny Minton Walk down any street in the United States and ask a dozen people, “Who was Paul Tibbets?” and most will have no idea. However, they may have a better idea if they went to the theater this weekend and saw the movie “Oppenheimer.” It’s entirely possible that some of those you ask may even owe their very
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