Category: Faith & Family

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc.  The Monticello Community Prayer Breakfast has a calendar similar to schools, meeting September through May on the first Thursday each month. The next prayer breakfast will be…

Rev. Cheryl Cruce Columnist I have discovered that everything in life can teach us a lesson. The question is, are we willing to learn? For example, my son, Michael, decided on a…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The April 3 gathering of the Monticello Community Prayer Breakfast was hosted by the First Baptist Church of Lloyd, whose men’s group prepared a delicious buffet of…

For 18 plus years before retiring from pastoring a church, I raised butterflies for release on Easter Sunday morning at the church’s flower cross. Over the years, I learned much and had…

I like to think I’m a kind person, but when someone disrespects me or disagrees with me on something I care about, I find it hard. Don’t you hate the part of…

Stephen was one of those special youth who touched my life. He was energetic. He was a leader. He had an open heart for the Lord, and he loved helping make things…

Does the devil have a plan? Deceive, deceive and more deceit; lie, lie and more lies. That’s been the god of this world’s plan from the beginning.  The story is told about…

Can you recall how heavy your worst sin felt before you confessed it to God and received forgiveness? Imagine if the crushing weight of all your sins (every sin you’ve ever committed)…

Growing up, I learned a lot about ordering my steps, especially since mine tended to leave me face planting on various surfaces, From sidewalks to the sandy schoolyard playgrounds, I could always…

Joyce Wilson Contributor Union Hill A.M.E. Church, under the leadership of Rev. Barbara Thomas, continues to make a difference in Jefferson County through its outreach efforts with Refuge House. The church recently…

I still remember experiencing Jerusalem for the first time and traveling along the Via Dolorosa, the “Path of Sorrow.” The road to Calvary was not what I’d envisioned. I had imagined a…

Imagine that you are holding a cup of coffee when someone bumps into you, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why was coffee spilled? Because someone bumped into you? Yes, but the…

Carol waved to her best Friend from across the grassy field. She grabbed her three-year-old daughter, Shelby, and swung her onto her right hip. Shelby giggled as her mother’s long stride bounced…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The April gathering of the Monticello Community Prayer Breakfast will be hosted by First Baptist Church of Lloyd, located at 124 St Louis St. All are invited…

Ben Fuller exploded onto the Christian music scene in 2022, with his debut album, “Who I Am.” Only four years free from a life of alcohol and drug addiction that ended in…

The coming month of April brings to mind one of the most dreaded days of the year – Tax Day! In my forty-two years of life, I have yet to meet anyone…

If your life was featured in a magazine article, would you send copies to your family? Would you invite your friends on social media to read it? If you took snapshots of…

The phrase, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” is a popular adage that communicates the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing. The reality, however, is that…