By LORETTA FULTON “This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Despite the blistering heat, there was much rejoicing Sunday, Aug. 15, when the Rev. Jim Wright, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Throckmorton, quoted those words from Psalm 118: 24. The scripture served as a greeting for the “Blessing
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How to HelpHouses for Healing is renovating a donated house into the Kinney Family Chapel for use as a classroom, dining room, and office. To learn more or to donate, go to https://www.housesforhealing.com/ or call or email Brian Massey at 325-660-7719 or brian@housesforhealing.com Click on link to see a video update on the Kinney Family Chapel project https://youtu.be/MR2LIsz-NQk By LORETTA
Read moreEditor’s Note: Brian and Karen Massey are offering to purchase a Zoom subscription for small churches that can’t afford on. If your church fits, or if you know of one that does, contact Brian by emailing brian@housesforhealing.com By BRIAN MASSEY Who would have thought in January of 2020 that almost the entirety of the churches across America would close their
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By LORETTA FULTON Not long after the word “coronavirus” started popping up in the news, Brian Massey called social workers at Hendrick Medical Center to see if he could help. Some people are just like that–looking to help, not looking to hunker down. Massey, founder of Houses for Healing, is one of those. Over the past few years, he has
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By BRIAN MASSEY The world has changed drastically… in just a few weeks. Businesses closing, schools closings, stock markets crashing, among many other groanings throughout the earth, have hit us quickly and hard. Never have I witnessed a crisis of this size so close and personal. My kids asked me if coronavirus would make it into the history books and
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By LORETTA FULTON A large stone with the engraving, “Jesus, For You,” seemed an appropriate keepsake as an old garage was cleared from land recently acquired for an expansion of Brian Massey’s Houses for Healing. Massey had been looking for land to add 16 more tiny houses to the four already built on North Hickory Street. As it turned out,
Read moreBrian Massey’s Houses for Healing addition on Hickory Street continues to grow with the acquisition of property across the street from the original four tiny houses. The land will allow for additional houses, plus an existing house will be remodeled into a chapel, preserving the house in honor of the family who lived there. It will be known as the
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By LORETTA FULTON If anyone understands just how healing it can be to have a free place to stay while undergoing cancer treatment, it’s Norlene Gleaton. Gleaton, who lives in Early, is a five-year survivor of breast cancer, having undergone treatment at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. She joked that she now owns Baylor and LaQuinta after having to
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON Ryan Goodwin, director of operations for Sonrise Ministries’ Houses for Healing, brings a unique perspective to the job–one he wishes he didn’t have. Houses for Healing are 392 square-foot tiny houses that will provide free lodging for people from area communities who are undergoing longterm medical treatment in Abilene. The first phase of the project consists
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