By Loretta Fulton Surrounded by family, friends, and admirers, Penny Biddy took another step in her spiritual journey when she was ordained as a Disciples of Christ minister Sunday Nov. 6. Biddy and Chesna Riley are co-pastors of Brook Hollow Christian Church, which meets in a leased space in Woodhaven Shopping Center on South 14th Street. For Biddy, it was
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24th ANNUAL MISSION: THANKSGIVING ITEMS NEEDED AT ALL LOCATIONSMonetary DonationsFrozen Meat (Deer or Cow)Non-perishable FoodNew Socks and UnderwearCoatsSleeping BagsBottled Water & Soft DrinksTravel Size Personal Hygiene Items In addition to the schedule below, donations can be dropped off at any time at Love & Care Ministries offices:Love and Care Ministries (325) 670-0246233 Fannin StreetAbilene, Texas 79603http://www.lcmin.com MISSION: THANKSGIVING SCHEDULEFRIDAY, Nov. 187
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON I’ll turn three-quarters of a century old in a couple of weeks. I would say seventy-five but saying three-quarters of a century makes me seem more distinguished! Over fifty of these seventy-five years revolved around “church work”: Teacher, deacon, elder, youth minister, children’s minister, education minister, pulpit minister, church administrator, high school Bible teacher, and Christian school
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whe According to a new survey from the Pew Research Center, growing numbers of religious and political leaders are embracing the “Christian nationalist” label, and some dispute the idea that the country’s founders wanted a separation of church and state. On the other side of the debate, however, many Americans – including the leaders of many Christian churches – have pushed back against Christian
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The Carmichael-Walling Lectures will be held Thursdsay, Nov. 10, in Room 114 of the Biblical Studies Building at Abilene Christian University. The lecture series is sponsored by the university’s Center for the Study of Ancient Religious Texts. The lectures are free and open to the public. Dr. Harold W. Attridge of Yale Divinity School will give the 2022 Lectures on
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By NANCY PATRICK Recognizing that the twenty-first century world differs greatly from the world I grew up in, I confess that I would find today’s school systems difficult to navigate. In the 1950s and 1960s during my school years, we respected teachers as role models in our society. I fearfully admired my teachers and would never have disobeyed them or
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By JIM NICHOLS Some of my old friends are “old” because our friendship has extended multiple years. Others are “old” because of their chronologic age. A few fit both categories. Regardless, I have found that old friends bring realities and truths to my life that are unique and important in my own growth. Sometimes confronting and sometimes uplifting, these friends
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Some quotes linger, often for no reason. They may stand alone, bringing up the rear when other thoughts are locked in–safe for the night–in literature’s OK Corral. Yet, they are “ear-catching,” hard to shake when minds are in neutral gear. Retired football coaching great Jimmie Keeling recently provided an eight-word pronouncement. It’s a quote
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Abilene is filled with houses of worship but most Abilenians are familiar with the inside of only a handful. A periodic feature in Spirit of Abilene will give you an “Insider’s View” of some of those places you may have driven by many times but never entered. By LORETTA FULTON NAME: Macedonia Baptist ChurchLOCATION: 608 N. Seventh St.WEBSITE: http://www.macedoniabc-online.org/LEAD PASTOR:
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