IDLE AMERICAN Commentary by Dr. Don Newbury At neither occasion is humor expected, but when it’s an added bonus, the comments eliciting laughter are the ones most remembered. Current examples were separated by some 50 miles and 74 years. Both were in churches–at a memorial service in Farmers Branch and at a parent-child dedication in Burleson. There were many smiles–and some
Read moreBy NANCY PATRICK I only recently heard the term “enneagram.” I felt a little behind the curve when I discovered that most of my family already knew about it, so I jumped at the chance to attend ACU’s Summit this fall when I saw a two-day course on enneagrams listed in the program. Before you get bored and quit reading,
Read moreBy JIM NICHOLS A news report recently identified interesting results. A large number of college students (2,700) from five countries—three from Western cultures and two from Eastern cultures—took a common survey. The content of the survey forced the students to narrow down which characteristics they considered most important as they chose a lifetime mate. The survey took a progressive approach
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Once they stepped foot on dry land, the journey began. The waters closed behind them, and a long walk lay ahead. There were as many as 2 million of them on what was meant to be a short trip, a trip to a new and glorious promised land from God. The grumbling and complaining started almost as
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By LORETTA FULTON “Unity when possible, truth always.” Those words, spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., are as relevant today as when King spoke them and should always be on the minds of ministers, Dr. Johnny Hill said during a breakfast held Nov. 13 as part of the Hardin-Simmons University Symposium. “The prophetic does not undermine the pastoral,” Hill
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By LORETTA FULTON It’s impossible to walk or drive through downtown Abilene without passing by an old building that is undergoing renovation and repurposing. Before too much longer, another building will be undergoing a major transformation. The former site of a Timex plant at 709 N. Second St. soon will be the new home of The Well Church. Read story by
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By Loretta FULTON Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar from Vanderbilt University, will be guest speaker for the Carmichael-Walling Lectures at Abilene Christian University Nov. 14. She will speak at 4 and 7:15 p.m. Both lectures will be in Room 114 of the Biblical Studies Building and are free and open to the public. Theme of the lectures is
Read moreBy JIM NICHOLS It has been said that sometimes you write what you need to read yourself. Here goes. There are two linked pieces to my thinking here. Consideration of them causes me to talk to myself and the conclusions boil down to just a few words. Unfortunately, though this conclusion consists of minimal words, they are functionally difficult for
Read moreIDLE AMERICAN Commentary by Dr. Don Newbury OK, I admit it. My memory of clever ads and lots of other stuff dates back to the early years of World War II. One I recall simply won’t dislodge. It promoted what the world has long described as being “an adult beverage.” I’ll not call it by name. For all I know, the
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