By JIM NICHOLS Some of scripture is, frankly, difficult to understand. We have to wrestle with writers who composed in a vastly different time of the world and in different cultures. Clearly, in many cases, they are addressing issues that we do not know about and therefore we do not have much context for the words. We want to take
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By DANNY MINTON There is a passage in Tom Clancy’s book “Red Storm Rising” where two Russians are discussing war. One of the men, who was not really for going to war, makes the following statement: “There are always doubts, Comrade Minister. Fighting a war is not an exercise in mathematics. We deal with people, not numbers. Numbers have their
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Editor’s Note: The following post first was printed in Lay Reader, a newsletter published by the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, where David Romanik is rector. It is republished here with permission from the author. By DAVID ROMANIK This summer saw the release of a film called “Yesterday,” which imagined what it would be like if only one person
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By JIM CLARK Nearly every weekday morning when I arrive at work, I find Douglas in the parking lot waiting for me to open up our building. He is part of the MET program – Motivation, Education and Training. Funded by the Department of Labor, it’s designed to help those fifty-five and over to get back into the workforce. Several
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Austin Channing Brown, author of “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness,” will give a public talk at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 at Abilene Christian University. Browning will speak on “Speaking Truth to Power.” The program, which is free to the public, will be in Cullen Auditorium. Brown will walk through some of the more important
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If you go What: Christian Service Center fall dinner When: 6-8 p.m. Sept. 10 Where: Abilene Convention Center, 1100 N. Sixth St. Speaker: Jimmy Dorrell, founder of Mission Waco/Mission World and pastor of the Church Under the Bridge Topic: Building Bridges, Rebuilding Lives Tickets: Individual tickets are $50. Deadline to purchase is Aug. 29. Table sponsorships are available. Contact Karen
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By NANCY PATRICK If you cringed at the title, let me assure you that I will not profile my son as the perfect child. On the contrary, I want to introduce to you my 44-year-old son Jason Patrick, including some of the plusses and minuses on his resume. I just spent four days in the Northern Neck of Virginia with
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Editor’s Note: This article first was published in Baptist News Global and is posted here by permission of the author. By ROB SELLERS President Donald Trump has publicly blamed mental illness for mass shootings and other gun violence. He is correct, to a point. I agree that there does exist an insanity, a moral pathology, that is endangering all of us –
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By DANNY MINTON Growing up, the kids in our neighborhood and probably most neighborhoods in the fifties played “Cowboys and Indians.” The Indians were always the bad guys. This picture is what we saw when we went to the movies or read most of the western comic books. That was the mindset most boys grew up around. Then, as an
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