by MS Christian Living | Aug 1, 2025 | Columns, Feature Story, Inspiration
By Katie Ginn Growing up in a Baptist church in Oklahoma, Kristen White knew all about missionary Lottie Moon – who served in China for 40 years and died starving, giving her food away to Chinese children, in 1912. If that was missions? “I was like, ‘I don’t...
by MS Christian Living | Jul 1, 2025 | Columns, Community Outreach, Inspiration
By Katie Ginn In 1951, the late Dr. Samuel Gore began teaching art in a former cafeteria in a Mississippi College dormitory. Over the years, Gore developed MC’s art curriculum, recruited artistically inclined students, cultivated a significant interest in art on...
by MS Christian Living | Jul 1, 2025 | Columns, Feature Story, Inspiration
Fun fact: Mississippi boasts more Grammy winners per capita than any other state. But the Birthplace of America’s Music is also home to Ballet Magnificat!, New Stage Theatre, visual artists like Wyatt Waters, authors like Angie Thomas, and countless other creators of...
by MS Christian Living | Jul 1, 2025 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Owen Jarvis, as told to Katie Ginn Earlier this year, high-school senior Owen Jarvis of Pelham, Alabama, found out he was a “finalist” for Belhaven University’s Angie Thomas Writer’s Scholarship, named for the bestselling YA novelist and Belhaven alumnus. During...
by MS Christian Living | May 30, 2025 | Columns, Feature Story, Inspiration
Ideally, we all want our homes to be a place of comfort and rest, where we can unwind at the end of the day. Often, that is not the case. The kids, the laundry piles, and the home improvement checklists keep on growing, and our blocks of available time keep shrinking....
by MS Christian Living | May 30, 2025 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates One of the most memorable nights of my youth happened alone on the side of a mountain. I was a teenager at a summer camp in North Carolina and was preparing to complete the final test in a multi-summer journey to earn the rank of “Little Chief.” The...
