By Marianne Wood Like many, I’ve read lots of books and essays on prayer. Writers have definitely taken on this task for good reasons. And they have been helpful. Right now I’m enjoying Paul Miller’s A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World. I’m learning that “prayer is meant to be the conversation where your life and your
Read moreBy NANCY PATRICK Weird! Weird! Weird! That word describes my world during this pandemic. I thank God that danger, exhaustion, sacrifice, and life-threatening do not describe my daily life. This period of COVID-19 isolation, illness, shortage, and death has invaded my life in an unprecedented way. The closest similarities, World War II and the Great Depression, differed greatly from the
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The Abilene Interfaith Council has canceled its April and May programming due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2020-2021 programming will begin in September. Details will be released when programs are finalized. A tour of the Hindu Temple on North Mockingbird Street had been planned for April 18, led by Om Ghimirey. The annual National Day of Prayer Interfaith Observance had
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Members of First Central Presbyterian Church, being mindful of the proper distances and numbers, flowered a cross in the church’s meditation garden on Easter Sunday. It is a beautiful reminder that not even the coronavirus pandemic can take away the hope of Easter.
Read moreIDLE AMERICAN Commentary by Dr. Don Newbury It is a good thing that we have memories to sort through while we shelter in place. Grammarians or not, we’re given to making the present tense, and the past, perfect. As we take stock of what used to be–while greatly shaken by “what is”–we think back on happenings faced hurriedly the first
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By LORETTA FULTON This Easter was supposed to be different. A year ago, Msgr. Frederick G. Nawarskas or “Father Fred” as he is better known, was so weak he couldn’t make it down the aisle for the third Mass of Easter Sunday at Holy Family Catholic Church. He had undergone a stress test on Good Friday because doctors believed the
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By BISHOP MICHAEL J. SIS Diocese of San Angelo This is an Easter unlike any we have ever seen. In the midst of a worldwide pandemic and an alarming plunge in the oil market, our lifestyle and our economy have been turned upside-down within a matter of weeks. Despite how much we wish it would just go away, this crisis
Read moreBy LESLIE STRADER As we read through the Gospels, we see that Jesus – who was for the most part loved by the masses – was perceived as a growing threat by the religious leaders of the day. Consumed with jealousy, pride, and spiritual blindness, the woefully inadequate spiritual leaders of Israel set in motion a plot to destroy Him.
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ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Office of Public Relations What began as a message of comfort and hope during the world’s pandemic has become an unexpected blessing this Easter season with its release today (Good Friday, April 10, 2020). More than 500 voices, all affiliated with Abilene Christian University, came together virtually to sing “The Lord Bless You and Keep You.” Voices
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