4 pastors talk AI, reaching the lost, and the churchs biggest challenges

4 pastors talk AI, reaching the lost, and the church’s biggest challenges

By Katie Ginn In honor of Pastor Appreciation Month, MCL Editor Katie Ginn recently interviewed four pastors from the Jackson metro area. They discussed their biggest challenges, how you can...
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Hope merchants: 3 counselors talk faith and mental health

By Katie Ginn I recently sat down with three licensed professional counselors (LPCs) who love Jesus and strive to help people live by His design through mental health. J. Nelson and Kristin Odom...
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Lee family celebrates 3 generations of MC memories

By Katie Ginn In a black-and-white photo taken in 1950, an 8-year-old boy in short pants smirks at the camera, chin jutted out with pride like he owns the world. Perhaps he does, in a way, as the...
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5 Mississippi artists talk faith and creativity

By Katie Ginn   MCL Editor Katie Ginn recently interviewed five Mississippi artists whose walk with Christ informs their work onstage and in the studio. They shared about their early (and current)...
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Come on over: At home with Paul and Ann Lowrey Forster

By Katie Ginn Tucked around the corner from the tail end of a major thoroughfare, the Forster home sits on a quiet street in northeast Jackson. But on the inside, the house is rarely quiet. Two...
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Robert & Margaret Fortenberry: To Botswana and back

By Katie Ginn Sitting in their daughter’s living room in Clinton, Margaret Fortenberry wipes away tears as her husband, Robert, shares about one of the hardest things they’ve ever done: “Everything...
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Rusty & Heather Bryant: The Redeemed Marriage

By Katie Ginn The day after Heather Bryant told Rusty, her husband of 15 years, that she’d had an affair, a couples’ counselor asked them, “What was the best year of your marriage?” With a bitter...
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MCL’s 2026 Christian Leaders of the Future

For 18 years now, MCL has partnered with Belhaven University to honor outstanding Mississippi high-school seniors who show Christian character and academic excellence. Applications are reviewed by...
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4 financial pros talk love, money, & stewardship

By Katie Ginn For this year’s Money & Stewardship Issue, MCL Editor Katie Ginn interviewed four financial professionals: husband-and-wife team Marray and TK Harris, and stepdad/stepdaughter Jeff...
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Rebecca and Dalco Turner: Faith, family, and other Good Things

By Katie Ginn She was a junior at Southern Miss. He worked offshore. But on this night, they were both out on the town, at a place called Roper’s Rockin’ Country in Hattiesburg. The petite, spunky...
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