By Dr. Wes Crawford Have you ever visited Branson, Missouri? If so, you’ve likely ventured into one of its many family-owned theaters. Each night, performers take the stage to entertain visitors with music and comedy. Typically, Branson crowds are religious, so toward the end of every show, the performers harmonize on Christian classics like “Amazing Grace” or “How Great Thou
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By Rev. Cliff Stewart I am deeply troubled by the Secretary of Defense’s proposal to execute Nidal Hasan by firing squad and make his death available for public viewing. Let me be clear. Hasan committed monstrous crimes. Thirteen people were murdered at Fort Hood. Their families deserve our remembrance, our compassion, and justice. But justice and vengeance are not the
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By Danny Minton I sat down and decided to have a short conversation with Google AI. He, she, or it pops up occasionally to give me information from its point of view when I’m doing research. So I figured it must know a lot and decided to have a conversation to get things straight on what it thinks. I didn’t
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Habitat for Humanity St. Ann ProjectHighland Church of Christ, in partnership with Habitat of Humanity Abilene, has committed to sponsoring the first three of the planned 11 houses for low to moderate income families on land that was formerly home to St. Ann Hospital. Rosten Callarman, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Abilene, said other individuals or groups are being
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A cultural anthropologist who is a professor at the Perkins School of Theology at SMU, will be guest speaker for the Monk-Stamey Lecture Series at McMurry University Oct. 12-13. Dr. Harold Recinos is Professor of Church and Society at Perkins. He led a group of McMurry students on a Spiritual Formation Pilgrimage to El Salvador in May through the university’s
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Christian Service Center will host its sixth annual Be a Good Neighbor event on Thursday, Oct. 8, at the center, 3185 North 10th St. Hours are 8:3 a.m. to noon. Purpose of the event is to help people discover resources that can change their lives, with more than 45 area agencies providing information about various services, including job-seeker assistance, rent assistance,
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By Danny Minton No, the title is not the Tinkerbell that comes to people’s minds when the word is mentioned. That Tinker Bell was the fairy in J.M. Barrie’s play Peter Pan. Neither was it the Tinkerbell in Walt Disney’s version of the play. The Tinkerbelle in the title was a 13.5-foot Old Town “Whitecap” wooden sailboat. Today it is
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By Jim Nichols The veterinarian’s waiting room contained the predictable collection of people and animals. Most were well-behaved (people and animals); a few were anxious, but the noise level was tolerable. On one wall was a bulletin board with a half-dozen messages pinned on it. One index card read: LOST CAT Lost Cat. Gray and white color. Left ear mostly
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By Glenn Dromgoole In my younger days, I played a lot of 42. Not so much in recent years, although I bet I could still make a 31 bid. One of my roommates in college pretty much “majored” in 42. He played it a lot more than he studied. Well, in all honesty, so did I. But he flunked out,
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