By LORETTA FULTON “if we want peace, we must begin with justice.” Those words are more than a slogan to Jessica Goudeau, they are a universal truth. Goudeau was convinced of that after getting to know a former refugee from Myanmar, Dr. Salai Tun Than, who spent 18 months of a seven-year sentence in a military prison for protesting the
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Editor’s Note: The Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander St., is hosting Wednesday night sessions every two weeks on being “faithly political” as a lead up to the Nov. 3 general election. All presentations will be streamed via Facebook Live. All but one, on Sept. 30, also will be held on-site in the church courtyard. People who plan
Read moreBy JIM NICHOLS Once again I wish to take you into an area of my indecision and wondering. I hope I am not alone in having many more questions than solutions. Perhaps by writing some of this to you, it will help me think and clarify my thoughts. It happened again just this week. I was visiting with a hospice
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON I know enough about cars to get me in trouble. Gone are the days of my 1964 Falcon Futura. I did all the repairs myself, changed the plugs, replaced the rotor and wires, worked on the brakes, and rebuilt the starter a couple of times. I also carried a wrench with me, so when the car wouldn’t
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ACU’s Summit 2020 will be a virtual experience this year. All sessions are free and can be accessed through the Summit website, http://www.acusummit.org. David Wray and Leah Andrews, co-directors of Summit, recommend completing the free registration on the Summit website. Although not required, registration will ensure that you receive email reminders and all links to participate in Summit. A complete schedule
Read moreBy NANCY PATRICK I grew up thinking of dirty words as cuss words or sexually vulgar words or even profane words against God. I did not know that the dirtiest word I would ever learn would come to me in my forties. That word is “divorce.” Of course, I knew what the word meant, but my family had largely escaped
Read moreBy JIM NICHOLS Early in my adult life, a wise person suggested a word to look for in scripture. You may have received the same instruction—it is almost trite, frankly—but it works for me. I suppose this word would be considered a conjunction, something that connects two thoughts. Used in scripture it relates one thought to a following one that
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Fair of Texas, in some ways, continues to operate on a limited basis. I grew up attending the State Fair just about every year I was in school. I remember the midway, the food, and museums on the Fair Park grounds. One of my favorites was the automobile exposition. My brother
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By LORETTA FULTON A determined, handsome face peers from the canvas, caring eyes gazing into the future. The face is that of Dr. William H. Butler, Abilene’s first black physician, who was born Dec. 9, 1875, in Anderson County. He died Sept. 8, 1947, and is buried in the Abilene City Cemetery alongside his wife, Beatrice, who died Jan. 17,
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