The Rev. Richard “Ricky” Harrison, a 2014 graduate of McMurry University, will return as campus chaplain effective Aug. 1. Harrision will succeed Marty CashBurless, who served as chaplain from 2017 until her retirement at the end of June. She, too, was a McMurry graduate. “Harrison was an outstanding student leader when he was at McMurry. Those leadership qualities have manifested
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By LORETTA FULTON Rev. Demotis Sherman, Jr., pastor of Abilene’s historic Mt. Zion Baptist Church, is the new moderator of the Original West Texas Baptist District Association, Inc. He was elected Friday, June 30, to replace Rev. Andrew Penns, longtime moderator and pastor of Abilene’s Valley View Missionary Baptist Church. Representatives from two historic associations met in Abilene June 26-30
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By JIM NICHOLS The text message read, “It has been raining so much that we cannot work; the ground is too wet. You are still on our list.” After a few drier days, the workers arrived in a short caravan. Two pickup trucks joined a larger truck with a trailer containing the “chipper” that seemed to operate like an ultimate
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Scanning the internet, I came across a couple of pictures on several sites of statues and what was taking place with them that made a vivid impression in my thoughts. One picture represents a line of four rabbits attempting to pull a smaller rabbit up a wall to be with them. The picture shows a little boy
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The Carl Spain Center on Race Studies and Spiritual Action is inviting Christians and other people of goodwill from around the state of Texas to join in a night of revival marking the beginning of the Racial Healing of America Revival and Bus Tour. The send-off service will begin at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 9, at Skillman Church of Christ,
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Shelli Presley has been named Director of Spiritual Formation at Hardin-Simmons University, replacing Travis Craver, who resigned to become vice president of operations at Fat Matt Roofing. Presley has been Associate Pastor Family Freedom Ministry at Beltway Church. The following announcement was sent in email by Hardin-Simmons President Eric Bruntmyer. Shelli Presley “With her passion for spiritual formation and her
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McMurry University has posted a tribute to Bill Libby, a longtime religion professor who died in January, on its website. Libby, a former Army chaplain, was buried alongside his wife, Amy, at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Libby served in the United States Army for 30 years, advancing to the rank of Colonel, and serving soldiers and their families
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The Abilene Community Band will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander St. The Fourth of July concert, with traditional patriotic music, will be held on the east side of the church. In case of bad weather, it will move into the nave. Admission is free. Guests
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By JIM NICHOLS During the construction of biology classes for college students, instructors have developed certain patterns. There are areas that need to be addressed in readings, lectures, and discussions because they are agreed upon central concepts of the discipline; somewhere during the semester the topics need consideration. The students’ interest in certain topics may be high or low. Despite
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