By NANCY PATRICK I try to write an article every other week for Spirit of Abilene. I usually write reflective essays, but over the weekend I wrote something new. Rather than an essay, I wrote a lengthy list of questions regarding many subjects that interest me. After each question, I wrote a short response expressing my own opinions and thoughts
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By JIM NICHOLS Data from the U.S. Census Bureau recently made a point worth noting. In 2011, 14.3 percent of adults 25 and up had a bachelor’s degree. In 2021, 23.5 percent did. There were parallels of increase in graduate degrees past the bachelor’s degree. As a person with an academic background, I consider this good news. For better or
Read moreEditor’s Note: This is the third installment of articles about missionaries Russell and Darlene Deibler. Click here to read the first article, “Evidence Not Seen” Click here to read the second, “Beautiful Feet” By DANNY MINTON By March of 1939, Russell Deibler’s feet had healed, and plans began for a return trip to the Wissel Lakes. Arrangements with a new
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Russell and Darlene Deibler planned from before their marriage that they wanted to be missionaries, carrying the Gospel to the natives of New Guinea. They studied maps and surveys until they knew the island and its intricate details. Their dream began to develop into reality in November of 1938. At a missions field conference, the attendees appointed
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By JIM NICHOLS If one did not know you were in a hospital, there would be nothing unusual about the setting nor about the people in it. However, this is not an ordinary “let’s go out to lunch together” eating establishment. There are two clearly distinct groups eating here; one group is the various hospital employees and the other, for
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By LORETTA FULTON Thanks to a $4.5 million renovation project, even the oldest Sunday School class at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church can now watch a TikTok video on the big screen. “That’s how advanced we’ve become,” joked John Whitten, senior pastor at the church. The renovation/reconfiguring did much more than add upgraded technology to the campus. It more than doubled
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Vianei Lopez Braun, who heads the labor and employment law group for Decker Jones, P.C, in Fort Worth, will be keynote speaker for the annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon at McMurry University. The luncheon will begin at 11:45 a.m. March 31 in the Mabee Room of the campus center. Braun is a frequent author and speaker on employment law issues. All
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Jay Moore’s newest book, “Abilene Daily: Snapshots of Home,” contains one or morevignettes from Abilene’s history for each day of the year. Periodically, stories with some connection–however loose–to Abilene’s religious life will be featured in Spirit of Abilene. The book can be purchased at Texas Star Trading Co., 174 Cypress St. http://www.texasstartrading.com or call 325-672-9696. Books are $27.50. Following is
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By JIM NICHOLS It was one of the “Ah-ha” moments for me; I suspect you have had a few in your life too. One might call them “revelations,” although that sounds a bit pompous. They are times when something dawns on us that, apparently, everyone else seems to know already. We stammer around and smile knowingly while we try to
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