“Sometimes your light goes out but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.” Albert Schweitzer (Danny Minton writes “Thursday Thoughts” for the church leadership at Southern Hills Church of Christ. He shares one of those weekly writings with readers
Read moreBy Mike Patrick Evelyn Bailey became a well respected artist in San Antonio. Her father deserted the family for another woman and left her mother to raise the children. In addition to enduring that difficulty, Evelyn (as well as one of her sisters) contracted polio as a child. Following experimental surgeries, she had a severe limp the rest of
Read moreBy Larry Baker I caught myself acting on a childhood lesson on a one-way street. I walked from a building and headed toward my car across the street. At curbside I stopped, as a voice in my head instructed, “Look both ways!” I looked first right, then left, and caught myself chuckling. “Why?” I wondered. “Traffic’s only coming from one
Read moreby Mike Patrick A middle-aged woman visited with a counselor because of her depression. Joy in life had evaporated over time. She hated her job and had difficulty getting through the day. She started her morning with energy and feeling upbeat. However, it got worse by the hour. The counselor thought that the way she lived her life at work
Read moreBy Mike Patrick Nancy and I decided to get away for a few days at Thanksgiving because of our busy schedules—her grading English papers at the university and me starting a new teaching series at the hospital. We chose simply to go with no specific plans other than to relax—read, watch movies, eat. We left Wednesday afternoon and managed the
Read moreYour smile brightened my day and I should have stopped to say thank you.
Read moreThe cheerful clerk at the pastry shop makes it her business to sweeten the day of everyone she meets.
Read moreI was glad when they said unto me: “Let us now turn off our cell phones.”
Read moreIn the quiet coolness of the early morning the soul is recharged.
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Spirit Of Abilene 