If you have a child that was born between January 1, 2025, and December 2028, should you turn down free money for your kid, because you don’t like the name on the account? For many in the Black community, the…
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The Choir Stand Pulpit
A Column for Church Musicians & Song Leaders By Robert Wright | March 29, 2026 If Only Genesis 16:1–6 • Rev. Marcus Davis • Ludden Chapel Baptist Church Before Rev. Marcus Davis preached “If Only” from Genesis 16:1–6 last Sunday…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Antoine Overton, aka Anthony Overton Sr.
By Garry Blanson The Colored Man rumored to have purchased the land where the “Wisner School” was built in Monroe, Louisiana, in 1866 “We are born into this world; we graduate from school; but we transition to the hereafter!”…
Bill naming section Highway 173 after Dr. Harry Blake sails through house
A move to honor one of Louisiana’s most influential civil rights leaders is gaining significant momentum in the state legislature. House Bill 129, authored by Representative Daryl Joy Walters, proposes to rename a section of Louisiana Highway 173 in Caddo…
Protocols help avoid stumbles when officiating funerals
There are over a hundred pastoral rules for clergy who officiate funerals. Following established protocols avoids blunders. Here are a few: It is customary for the officiating officer to assign pulpit substitutions, even if the senior pastor is present. However, the…
“…Looking among the dead for someone who is alive?”
By Lisa Wilmore Scripture to ponder: “…The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? He isn’t here! He has risen…
Monroe City Council: March 10, 2026 Minutes
City Hall, Monroe, LouisianaMarch 10, 20266:00 p.m. There was a legal and regular session of the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana held on this date at the Council’s regular meeting place, the Council Chamber, City Hall Building,…