By JANICE SIX Vacation this year was a true get-away. No social media, no emails and limited use of the cell phone. I called it “Project Unplug” and for the month of June I was virtually off the grid. The thought of checking-out for a few weeks was appealing. It would be a return to the days when phones
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Finding a “church home” is one of those things that people put a lot of thought into before deciding where to invest their lives. It’s important to us all to find a group with whom we connect. So, if you’re looking for a church home or just one to visit. I thought I’d let you know what
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON The Alameda Neighborhood Association hosted its annual patriotic parade June 29 in front of the Alameda Community Center. The festivities were started by the former New Haven Community Church. “Now it’s a neighborhood thing,” said Erica Currie, associate pastor for missions at nearby Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. The church owns the property where the community center
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON As Independence Day approaches amid the fireworks, golf tournaments, trips to the beach and barbeques, there will be some who take time to remember that this is a day which represents the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The colonies firmly stated to England that they would now become a free group and for the first time
Read moreMusic, scripture, and welcoming words were part of the opening ceremonies for the Original West Texas Baptist Association. Photo by Loretta Fulton By LORETTA FULTON Abilene is honored this week to have the Original West Texas Baptist District Association observing its 115th year of existence at the Abilene Convention Center. Celebrating 104 years alongside the
Read moreBy Dr. DAN STIVER In April, the administration instituted a new policy of dealing with immigrants at the border, which has involved heart-wrenching scenes of forcibly taking children and babies from their parents. This policy was a dramatic change from two previous presidents of both parties, Bush and Obama, over 16 years, including this administration’s own policy for the first
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Our first teachers in life are our parents. They teach us right and wrong, good and bad and how to act. We don’t always listen, but in our learning, we can at times learn a lesson not by their words but by their actions. This is the story of a young woman who took a lesson from
Read more(Editor’s Note: Amy Wilson Feltz, associate pastor of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, shared this Facebook post, encouraging others to join her in contacting elected officials to advocate for peace and justice for all. “I will do . . . something, every day,” is her vow. Contacting senators and representatives is a start.) By AMY WILSON FELTZ Hi, Friends. I typically reserve
Read moreBy THE REV. MARY GLOVER Let us pray to our Creator: Every day, but on this day especially, we ask your blessing on all fathers: For those whose hair is curly, buzzed, blonde, red, black or brown For those whose hair has greyed, thinned out, or even disappeared For those standing tall as a tree and those barely taller than
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