Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of articles highlighting inspirational women during Women’s History Month. Click on the links below for related stories: Meet Virginia Henderson Yates by Marianne WoodThe Black Gazelle by Danny MintonOmie Wilks, A Hidden Life by Darryl Tippens By Mary Glover It’s no wonder, I suppose, that every day we learn of another thing – job,
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Abilene is filled with houses of worship but most Abilenians are familiar with the inside of only a handful. A periodic feature in Spirit of Abilene will give you an “Insider’s View” of some of those places you may have driven by many times but never entered. By LORETTA FULTON NAME: St. Mark’s Episcopal ChurchLOCATION: River Oaks Shopping Center, South
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By LORETTA FULTON A new banner for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church proclaims, “St. Mark’s is Not a Place, But a People,” and as if to emphasize the point, the banner currently is on the move from one place to another. Effective July 12, the banner will be stretched across the front of Abilene Community Theatre’s Black Box Theatre, 809 Barrow
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Not many people have creativity in mind when mowing the yard. But the Rev. Mary Glover, rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, decided to make the last mowing of the year a memorable one, creating a labyrinth in her backyard. Walking a labyrinth, which is a kind of maze, is an ancient spiritual practice. Glover found a drawing of a
Read morePeople of faith all over the country are speaking out against the bigotry and hatred that ended in death in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. If you would like to add your comments, thoughts, reflections, please send to editor@spiritofabilene.com And, please attach a photo of yourself. Below are submissions from Jacob Snowden, president of the Abilene Interfaith Council, and Jen
Read moreBy Nathan Jowers My name is Nathan Jowers. I’m a student of theology, studying Bible at Abilene Christian University. During the school year, I attend services at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Abilene. At the start of the summer I was near miraculously offered an internship that would have me flipping back and forth between work at a
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