By Loretta Fulton In the beginning, God was already God. And in all of creation, God has made only one version of each person, the speaker for this year’s Cornerstone Lecture Series at Hardin-Simmons University reminded students at a luncheon Sept. 20. “You are God’s signed original,” said Delvin Atchison, director of the Great Commission Team for the Baptist General Convention
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton Scott Self and Cole Bennett are about as different politically as can be. This is by their own admission. But, they are best friends, they are united in Christ, and they talk. “How did this happen?” Self asked. It happened–and happens–because both men are willing to try to understand where the other is coming from. Bennett knows
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton “You were a stranger in the land of Egypt.” “You were an alien in their land.” Why does God insist on saying that? Because God wants his people to remember that they were aliens once and to feel empathy toward the aliens among them. He wants his people to look at those who are different and say,
Read moreSOME QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN READING SCRIPTURE, COURTESY OF: ORIGEN OF ALEXANDRIA What’s the obvious meaning? How does this impact how I live my life? How does this connect with or shape what I believe as a Christian? JOHN CHRYSOSTOM When I imagine myself in this situation or scenario, what do I notice? What does the text say that
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton The Russian movie “The Stalker” isn’t nearly as creepy as it sounds, a speaker at Summit 2017 ensured, but its premise is pretty scary. The movie isn’t about the kind of stalker we normally think of, James K.A. Smith, an author, speaker, and philosophy professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said. Instead, “the stalker”
Read moreRead Loretta Fulton’s story in the Abilene Reporter-News about what’s coming this week at Abilene Christian University’s annual Summit. The three-day event features sermons, classes, special events, fellowship and entertainment. The theme this year is based on passages from Deuteronomy. Read more
Read moreThe new Gerhart Hall at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 601 Meander St., is almost ready to open. Members and friends of the church got a sneak preview Sept. 9. A community open house will be held in December, but the new parish hall will be open before then. Photos and video by Loretta Fulton
Read moreMEET TERRY CAGLEPosition: Executive director, Connecting Caring CommunitiesFamily: Wife Becki Ellis Cagle, married Sept. 1, 1979; two daughters, Courtney Drysdale of Denver and Carlee Kumler of Dallas; 11-month-old grandson Clark Drysdale of DenverEducation: Abilene High School 1975; bachelor of science in all levels of physical education and health education, 1980, Abilene Christian University, and a master’s degree in
Read moreClick on link to read Loretta Fulton’s article in the Abilene Reporter-News about Jennifer Crawford, a member of Southern Hills Church of Christ who paints the sermon as the minister delivers it. http://www.reporternews.com/story/life/faith/2017/08/26/art-sermon-abilenian-paints-what-she-hears/596275001/ See Jennifer at work in a time lapse video by Stephen Corbett, communications minister at Southern Hills Church of Christ. https://www.jennifercrawfordartist.com/painting
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