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LC honors Simon Tudor at annual Founders Day

By Norm Miller. LC News PINEVILLE  (LCNews) – Louisiana College honored Simon W. Tudor during its annual Founders Day celebration March 6 that included the unveiling of a historical marker at Tudor Hall that houses male students. A generous benefactor to Louisiana College who served as president of the trustees, Simon Tudor was recruited in 1910 to initiate the athletic program at LC. While attending LC, Simon Tudor was athletic director and coached the football, basketball and baseball teams. Following in Simon’s footsteps, grandsons John Tudor of Alexandria, played for a Final Four LSU Tiger basketball team in 1981; and energy investment banker and CEO of Tudor, Pickering & Co., Houston resident Bobby Tudor was a basketball standout at Rice University, where he graduated in 1982. He also married LC student Ollie Beall, the daughter of one of the college’s founders. Several other notable members of the Tudor family traveled from across Louisiana and Texas to attend the celebration, where grandson attorney Mike Tudor shared a life sketch of Simon. At age five, Simon worked the tobacco fields of Kentucky. As a young adult, he rode a horse to Georgetown College, where his athletic prowess ultimately led him to … [Read more...]

How to pray to determine God’s will

By Steve Horn In 1993, Ron Wolf was the General Manger of the pro football team, the Green Bay Packers. Mike Holmgren was the Head Coach. The late Reggie White, a devout Christian and free agent at the time, publicly declared, “I want to go where God wants me to go.” Mike Holmgren called Reggie and said, “Reggie, this is God, go to Green Bay.” Ron Wolf, reportedly called too and said, “Reggie, this is Ron Wolf of the Green Bay Packers. I would like to offer you 17 million dollars over 4 years for you to come to Green Bay.” Finally, Brett Favre, quarterback of the Green Bay Packers called and said, “Reggie, I want you to come to Green Bay, so I can be assured that you want hit me anymore.” How do you know the will of God? Wouldn’t you like for God to write His will for you in the sky? “Jim, marry Jennifer!” “Take that job!” Don’t take that job!” “Go to UL!” “Go to LSU!” “Teach 1st grade Sunday School!” But all of us have lived long enough to know that since the coming of the Holy Spirit, rarely if ever to my knowledge, has God spoken in the kind of dramatic ways we read about in the Bible. So, how can we know God’s will? To know God’s Will, we must seek God. (Jeremiah 33) We seek the answer, God seeks the … [Read more...]