by mcl | Jul 16, 2014 | Columns, Salt & Light
Over seven years ago in Nashville, Tennessee, a prison chaplain approached LeAllison Whittinghill about taking care of a baby, soon to be born to a pregnant, incarcerated mother. The baby’s name was Jonah. After receiving Jonah, LeAllison and her husband, already...
by mcl | Apr 11, 2014 | Columns, Inspiration, Salt & Light
By NANCY FLOWERS Surely you’ve seen them. Three crosses together, a large one in the center flanked by two smaller ones, usually close to the road. And they’re not just in Mississippi. These roadside crosses can be seen all over our country and in three foreign...
by mcl | Feb 16, 2014 | Columns, Inspiration, Salt & Light
By NANCY FLOWERS “A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, is God in His holy habitation,” (Psalm 68:5). It is Tuesday afternoon at 2:10 p.m. and, just like every weekday afternoon, John Williams cranks up an old school bus and drives the short distance...
by mcl | Nov 2, 2013 | Columns, Inspiration, Salt & Light
By MARILYN TINNIN Love, laughter, and good times—all part of the holiday season. From the first thought of a Thanksgiving turkey right through the New Year’s Eve “Auld Lang Syne,” we are conditioned to expect happiness. But the reality for many is quite the opposite....
by mcl | Feb 4, 2013 | Columns, Inspiration, Salt & Light
“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’” (Matthew 25:40). Metro Christian Living has run several stories in the past year about Clean Water for Malawi. This ministry,...
by mcl | Jan 1, 2013 | Columns, Inspiration, Salt & Light
by KIMBERLY GRACE BOWMAN “…He said to them,‘Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.’Then He...
