Mount Olive Baptist Church, 306 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Longview, will celebrate the 36th pastoral anniversary of the Rev. Dr. J.D. and Annie Palmer at 10:30 a.m.

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

Martin Marty, one of the foremost interpreters of religion in American public life, died on Tuesday. He was 97 years old.

"In the case of Martin Luther King, if change is going to occur ... These multiple ways of thinking about religion's role in personal and public life were lessons Marty taught time and again ...