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Let Go

By Danny Minton On Easter morning in 2009, Doug White, with his wife Terri and daughters Bailey (16) and Maggie (19), boarded a King Air 200 to travel home. They had been at Doug’s brother’s funeral in Florida, and a friend, Joe Cabuk, offered to fly the family back to Mississippi, where Doug had left his car. From there they

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Coming About

By Marianne Wood I learned to sail on Lytle Lake and later Lake Brownwood as a teen. I’m not good at it, though my husband has the knack. He recently used a practical sailing term, “coming about,” to describe our pivot in life due to a great loss. His comment got me thinking about “abouts.” “About that time Caesar Augustus

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When Life Overwhelms Us

By NANCY PATRICK Living in today’s world seems more difficult than living in other historical times. Logic, however, defies that assessment. I think most of us tend to see our own world as the only one of relevance or importance; however, if we reflect on world history, we see that moral, political, religious, military, and cultural conflicts have filled the

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Community Foundation Creates Searchable Online Directory

The Community Foundation of Abilene has created a first-ever searchable online nonprofit directory to make it easy for users to donate to a favorite cause. Katie Alford, president of the foundation, issued the following news release: “I have been with the Foundation for more than 18 years and the question I’ve been asked the most, “Where can I access a

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A Blessing of Beds

THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury We have eyes to see and hearts to serve, yet somehow don’t recognize the importance of both purpose and passion until we see needs up close at life’s intersections. Thankfully, such consciousness–the kind leaving lumps in our throats and guilt in our minds–results when we hear accounts from folks whose lives have changed direction through

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