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The Moon and Back

THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury The comparison isn’t nearly as far-fetched as it may seem at first blush. In many ways, though, the Texas Rangers’ unlikely mastery of the 2023 baseball World Series resembles the Apollo 11 Space Mission.  Huh?  We who are long of tooth, gray of hair or bald of head remember the late 1960s. Many Americans viewed our

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Flocked Wallpaper

By MARIANNE WOOD Sometimes, you must admit out loud or at least in a private journal, saying what you don’t like and do like. It’s cathartic. I’m going public with one of mine. I’m not too fond of flocked wallpaper. Invented initially to imitate expensive cut velvet hangings, flock wallpaper (or “flocked” as we say in Texas) gives me the

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Yale Professor at ACU Lectures

This year’s Carmichael-Walling Lectures at Abilene Christian University will feature Dr. Laura Nasrallah of Yale Divinity School. Her presentations will be at 4 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in Room 114 in ACU’s Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building. The lectures are free and open to the public. Register here to live stream. The lectureship is presented by ACU’s Center for the Study

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Read All About It: ‘Confessions of Female Pastor’

Confessions of a Female Pastor Janice Six, retired associate pastor of First Central Presbyterian Church, has a new book, “Confessions of a Female Pastor: And Other Prayers of the People.” The official release of the book will be Wednesday, November 15, at 6:30 p.m. at First Central Presbyterian Church, 400 Orange St. Janice served on staff at the church for

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Tippens Guest Speaker at AAC

Darryl Tippens, retired University Distinguished Scholar at Abilene Christian University, will be guest speaker at the November meeting of the Abilene Association of Congregations. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Wylie Methodist Church, 3430 Antilley Road. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. A $3 donation is requested. The intriguing title

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