“Excelling at Interfaith Conversations” will be the theme of the March 23 meeting of the Abilene Interfaith Council. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at the Abilene Community Foundation building, 850 North First Street. Presenter will be Anthony Magnabosco, director of Street Epistemology International, based in San Antonio.
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Editor’s Note: March is Women’s History Month. Throughout March, contributors to Spirit of Abilene will pay tribute to Women of Influence. By DANNY MINTON The pages of history are filled with the achievements of women whose lives influenced millions of people. Their names and works are cast in stone in the works of history. Ask anyone to name a few,
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Editor’s Note: March is Women’s History Month. Throughout March, contributors to Spirit of Abilene will pay tribute to Women of Influence. By JIM NICHOLS Henrietta Lacks was known to her family and friends, but her story and contribution lay buried for over 30 years before bursting into the world of medicine and ethics. Even then, it was still more decades
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Sheryl Swoopes, a national champion in basketball at Texas Tech University, WNBA champion, and an Olympic gold medalists, will be guest speaker for McMurry University’s annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon March 23. The luncheon begins at 11:45 a.m. in Kimbrell Arena. Click here to order tickets. All proceeds from will benefit the Dr. Sandra S. Harper Women’s Leadership Scholarship at McMurry.
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Editor’s Note: Zachary Ingle joined the faculty of Hardin-Simmons University in fall 2022 as an adjunct professor of strategic communication and teaches a Survey of American Film course. He previews the Oscars, with an eye toward the spiritual element, in the following piece. The 2023 Oscars will air at 7 p.m. Central Time Sunday, March 12, on ABC. By ZACHARY
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It will be time to “spring forward” again next weekend as Daylight Saving Time officially sets in. DST begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 12. Set your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night. Daylight Saving Time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5.
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Registration for ACU’s annual Summit will end March 15. The two-day event is scheduled for March 30-31. Most classes will be held on campus, with the exception of a dinner on Thursday night, March 30. Theme is Living Word. Keynote speaker for the Thursday night dinner, to be held at the 201 Mesquite Event Center in downtown Abilene, is Kristin
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Tony Dungy, who coached the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory in 2007, will be guest speaker for the 50th anniversary dinner honoring Day Nursery of Abilene. The dinner begins at 7 p.m. Monday, March 27, at the Abilene Convention Center. Reservation deadline is March 17. Click here to order tickets or to sponsor a table. “The Day Nursery
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By NANCY PATRICK How much empathy can one heart muster? I find myself aching as I see images and hear stories of the crises around the world. I tend to over-invest myself in others’ lives, but I cannot ignore the pain occurring to fellow human beings. Earthquake in Turkey and Syria I cry as I watch the rescues of those
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