By JIM NICHOLS It is reasonable that few of us live with much sense of urgency. Occasionally, we find ourselves having to make specific plans and implement them with care, but, generally, what we have as tasks today can wait until tomorrow. Even with important tasks it is our tendency to delay them or build them into some plan. This
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By LORETTA FULTON As sure as the rains come during the West Texas Fair & Rodeo, so do volunteers from Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. It would be hard to say which is a more welcomed sight. Rain is always welcomed in Abilene,, but so are the folks from Pioneer Drive, who year after year provide a home-style barbecue meal and
Read moreBy JANICE SIX Giver of All Life, We, the church, stand before you with our heads reverently bowed and with contrite hearts, for like the Israelites, we, too, have lost sight of your overarching will by focusing so intensely on our own welfare and desires. It’s obvious, even to us, that Jesus’ command to love others as ourselves and his
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St. Vincent 16 de Septiembre celebrationThursday, Sept. 166 p.m.–parade from St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church to Sears Park6:45 p.m.–Festivities at Sears Park, including Ballet Folklorico, mariachi band, and moreAll events are free, and the public is invited16 de Septiembre celebrations honor Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1810. Sept. 16 is believed to be the day that a cry for independence
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Tradition in Texas History states that Sam Houston addressed his men on April 19, 1836, as they prepared for the “Battle of San Jacinto” with the words “Remember the Alamo.” Many of his men had friends in the battle at San Antonio and were anxious to take revenge. A little over a hundred years later, there would
Read moreThe IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Preachers, bless ‘em, don’t have to look hard for reasons to laugh. Some are able to put laughter “on hold,” restraining guffaws until sermons end; others can only surrender to the humor of the moment. This day, I’ll address the “long and the short of it,” The former, Dr. Bruce McIver, was a student
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By JIM NICHOLS In an earlier column, I mentioned my appreciation for one of my elementary school supplies, the Rub Clean Green eraser. That eraser represented a tangible indicator of God’s grace because it allowed me to remove errors with hardly a remaining sight. My clearest memory of its aid was during a spelling mistake I made, but during that
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The Rev. David Romanik, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, will lead the Sept. 30 meeting of the Abilene Interfaith Council. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the church, 602 Meander St. The meeting is open to the public. Admission is free. Romanik will speak on liturgical Christian worship. Face masks are requested. No food
Read moreBy BESHEER MOHAMEDPew Research Center An unprecedented amount of public attention focused on Muslim Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The U.S. Muslim population has grown in the two decades since, but it is still the case that many Americans know little about Islam or Muslims, and views toward Muslims have become increasingly polarized along political lines.
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