A Calling to Care Nurturing College Students toward Wholeness Editors: Timothy W. Herrmann and Kirsten D. Riedel Coeditors: Emilie K. Hoffman, Jessica L. Martin, Kelly A. Yordy, and Hannah M. Pick FROM ACU PRESS Despite the widely differing perspectives held by those who work in higher education, there is one goal upon which all educators and educational leaders agree: students
Read moreBy Dr. PAUL FABRIZIO The retirement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy and the appointment of his replacement by President Donald Trump will be the biggest battle for a Supreme Court nominee since Clarence Thomas’ nomination in 1991. The stakes are the highest they can be with the balance of power on the Court potentially shifting to a solid
Read moreBy Dr. DAN STIVER In April, the administration instituted a new policy of dealing with immigrants at the border, which has involved heart-wrenching scenes of forcibly taking children and babies from their parents. This policy was a dramatic change from two previous presidents of both parties, Bush and Obama, over 16 years, including this administration’s own policy for the first
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON Four McMurry University students wrapped up Better Together Week Friday, April 13, by sharing their beliefs through a program called Interfaith Story Telling. Events during the week included an international game night, diaper drive to benefit refugees resettled in Abilene through the International Rescue Committee, and an interfaith prayer and meditation session. Sharing their beliefs were
Read morePulitzer Prize-winning poet Tyehimba Jess was guest speaker for the Lawrence Clayton Poets and Writers Speaker Series April 6 at Hardin-Simmons University. Photos courtesy of Larry Fink By LORETTA FULTON A Pulitzer Prize winning poet didn’t experience the discrimination against African-Americans that his parents did and can only imagine what freed slaves experienced at the end of the Civil War.
Read moreIF YOU GO What: “My Neighbor’s Faith,” a study of world’s religions When: 7 p.m. most Mondays, Jan. 22-April 30 Where: The Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest Gerhart Hall, 602 Meander St. Teacher: Mark Waters, McMurry University religion professor Cost: Free; book, “My Neighbor’s Faith,” may be purchased SCHEDULE Jan. 22: Introduction to the course and introduction to
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton Irena Bytyqi didn’t believe in the resurrection until she experienced it. Her husband, Burim Bytyqi, found it hard to deny God, although he said he was an atheist. They took different paths, but both ended up in the same place, as Christian missionaries, thanks to meeting during a training session for Youth With a
Read moreFor more information on Compassion International and Youth Arise Africa, go to the following websites: http://www.compassioninternational.org http://www.youthariseafrica.org By Loretta Fulton The message projected on the screen was bleak. “Poverty is not a lack of material wealth; it’s lack of hope.” The speaker behind the PowerPoint presentation was David Kirika, 27, a native of Kenya who knows all too well what
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton “Let me tell you a story.” It’s the way Eboo Patel beings a speech. And, it’s the perfect beginning for a talk by Patel, a gifted storyteller. He proved that the evening of Oct. 11 when he presented a talk at McMurry University that was attended by members of the Abilene Interfaith Council and other Abilene residents.
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