Guests at the Sept. 30 of the Julia Jones Matthews Sacred Music Center at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest enjoyed a concert and tour of the new center. Pictured in the photo at left are, left to right, Annabel House, Blakley Millsaps, Debbie Sherman, and Lew Carter. In the top right photo, Linda Bratton stands in front
Read moreKirk Cameron, star of the ’80s sitcom “Growing Pains,” will be the guest speaker for an Oct. 15 dinner benefiting local foster care and adoption ministry Christian Homes & Family Services. Cameron has been a part of the national landscape since starring as “Mike Seaver” in the ABC hit sit-com, “Growing Pains.” The role turned him into a cultural icon
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON Do Christians have a responsibility to be caretakers of creation? Absolutely, a unversity professor said at a recent Wednesday night program at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest. “If you don’t believe me, read Genesis 1,” Jonathan Camp, associate professor of communication at Abilene Christian University, advised. Camp’s presentation was one of several that the church,
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON A two-week gathering of people from all over the world in Abilene last summer carried the cumberson title, Communities Engaging with Difference And Religion. Thankfully, it was shortened to its acronym, CEDAR. Still, one participant, Kelvin Kelley, associate professor of theology and coordinator of student diverstiy programs at Hardin-Simmons University, kept asking himself a question throughout the
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By LESLIE STRADER Sand and stars. Those are the two images – or metaphors – the Lord gave to Abraham when He plucked him out of obscurity and made a covenant with him 4,000 years ago. The first mention is in Genesis 15:5: “And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able
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By LORETTA FULTON Some Christians believe that the best way to love people who aren’t Christians is to lead them to Jesus, but a speaker at Monday’s ACU Summit sees it differently. “The whole truth is we must love everyone as we love ourselves,” Rob Sellers said in an early sessions titled “Love Your (Non-Christian) Neighbor as Yourself: Interfaith Relations
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The Abilene Interfaith Council will kick off the 2018-2019 year with an evening session called CEDAR Paneling. It isn’t exactly what it sounds like. CEDAR refers to Communities Engaging with Difference. And “Paneling” refers to a panel who will discuss their experiences when CEDAR met in Abilene over the summer. The public is invited to the meeting, which will begin
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By DANNY MINTON Browse the internet and you will discover several websites that list the last words of famous people of the past. Most are probably not the actual final words, but more of a final thought during their last days of life. Some are long philosophical sayings, but most are just a short quip about the end of life.
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By LORETTA FULTON At 105, Virginia Connally’s still got it–wit, intellect, grace, elegance. Connally, Abilene’s first female physician, added another first to her lengthy list of firsts Sept. 6. when she was honored as the inaugural recipient of the James B. Simmons Award given by Hardin-Simmons University. The dinner was all class–starting with Connally and family members arriving at the
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