Shay Greenwood

Encouraging words as your child prepares for college

By Shay Greenwood I read the other day online,  “You will spend the majority of your life knowing your children as adults, but for a brief moment you will get the chance to know them as kids.” As we...
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How AI is impacting child protection

By Didi Ellis  Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of society, influencing sectors from healthcare and business to entertainment and law enforcement. AI offers powerful tools...
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Modern Motherhood ONLINE

Romance after kids: How to spark it (and keep it!)

By Courtney Ingle Romance after having kids can be challenging to maintain. But romance in marriage is a blessing! God created us to experience romance. There’s even a whole book of the Bible...
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Modern Motherhood

How to nurture and raise up Christian leaders

By Dr. Teena Welborn Raising children is difficult with so many different books, advice, ideas, and strategies, but as a Christian parent, it is important to follow biblical guidelines when raising...
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The ABCs of life for high-school seniors

By Bobby McKay Look at you! You are ready to conquer the world, to make a difference, and to share your light with a world that needs it. I have no doubt God's path for you will be blessed and more...
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Modern Motherhood ONLINE

Stewarding blessings – and trials – for His glory

By Sarah Rein We could explain stewardship, in simple terms, as the way that we manage what God has given to us. The Lord, in His kindness and providence, bestows many things on His children. And...
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Modern Motherhood

Why parenting isn’t about you – at any stage

By Shay Greenwood No matter the season we are in, it can be hard being a parent, especially when your kids are in the __ stage. Fill in the blank with whatever parenting stage it is for you. At...
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Modern Motherhood

How will you slow down this season?

By Courtney Ingle  The Christmas season is upon us! Christians will celebrate the birth of our risen Savior, Christ our Lord. It is such a joyous season — and for Christians, one of peace, as we...
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To be nice, or to be kind?

By Annalissa Cochran What does it mean to be nice? What does it mean to be kind? These two words are often used interchangeably, but they can have two different meanings and expressions that are...
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Modern Motherhood

How adopting an 11-year-old changed one couple’s life

By Dr. Teena Welborn In 2023, adoptions occurred for only 644 out of the approximately 4,000 children in the system in Mississippi (Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services, 2023). These...
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Cindy Townsend: On life, ‘lemons’ and the Lord

By KATIE EUBANKS          Cindy Townsend picks up a plastic lemon and turns it over in her hands. At first glance, it’s just a lemon — one of many she’s used to adorn her kitchen table, where we now sit with her husband, as well as other surfaces in their...
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Jackson Leadership Foundation Supporting leaders, transforming lives

  Katie Eubanks: What is Jackson Leadership Foundation?      Samuel Bolen: We are a ministry to ministries. Our desire is to work with ministry leaders in Jackson to help (them) grow as leaders, and grow their ministries to the scale of the vision that God has...
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Michael and Julie Estes Finding a ministry home at Ridgecrest

By KATIE EUBANKS   Michael and Julie Estes Finding a ministry home at Ridgecrest        In 1998, Michael Estes finally worked up the nerve to ask out Julie Stone.  They’d both grown up in Clinton, and probably met on a Clinton High School...
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Shower Power — Jackson organization empowers people experiencing homelessness

By KATIE EUBANKS   Shower Power Jackson organization empowers people experiencing homelessness        Lying in the shade, a young man named DJ spreads his Bible on top of his face and reaches his arms up to the sky. He doesn’t take medication...
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Anne Graham Lotz talks cancer, loss, and seeing God’s blessings

By KATIE EUBANKS     Anne Graham Lotz talks cancer, loss, and seeing God’s blessings        In early 2019, Anne Graham Lotz — daughter of the Rev. Billy Graham — was scheduled to speak to the women at First Baptist Jackson. A brutal round...
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Sean Milner: He grew up at a children’s home — and now he runs it

By KATIE EUBANKS   Sean Milner He grew up at a children’s home — and now he runs it        Sean Milner remembers the gunshot from when Oma wounded herself in the shoulder.      “(My siblings and I) ran out on the back porch and...
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FEATURE — But God Ministries finds a home in the Delta

    JONESTOWN — Linda McGrew thought she had grown up poor — and she had. But then she visited some homes in Quitman County.   “I (was) inspecting the units that we were to rehab (at a nonprofit). You could look through the ceiling and see outdoors. You...
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SPECIAL FEATURE — Doing diversity in the local church

By Katie Eubanks   Doing diversity in the local church     Sunday morning is still the most segregated hour of the week, but not if these churches have anything to do with it. In the greater Jackson area, leaders at several churches — from a megachurch...
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DYNAMIC DADS—Stories of Fatherhood

Introduction and Questions by Marilyn Tinnin Dynamic Dads   We have looked for a few wise men here in Mississippi Christian Living’s Annual Man Issue. We have loved gathering these stories and getting these guys to put words to the heart issues of priorities,...
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MILLENNIAL MOMS—Stories of Motherhood

  Fenley Akers Davis Age 28 Married to Price Davis (5 years) Mother to daughter Paschal (Newborn)   Work Background: Administrative Assistant to Governor Phil Bryant; Account Executive WLBT News Channel 3; Co-Founder + Director of Development Club Sally;...
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AUTHOR Q&A — 1 pilgrim, many interruptions

by | May 4, 2022

By KATIE EUBANKS          Author and Jackson native Susan Cushman will release her eighth book, “Pilgrim Interrupted” — a memoir in the form of an essay collection encompassing faith, mental health and more — on June 7. She will be at Lemuria Books in Jackson for a signing on June 11....