by mcl | Mar 31, 2019 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Sara Adams Addiction cost me my children — but by God’s grace, I got them back Growing up, I spent a lot of time in the church. I participated in Bible drill and sang in the choir, but somewhere around the age of 13, I ventured away. Now...
by mcl | Mar 1, 2019 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Cassandra Acker This is just the beginning My testimony begins like most African-American women that live in the South — at a good ol’ Baptist church in the woods. As I prepared for my first year of college, I began to view the world differently and started...
by mcl | Feb 1, 2019 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Michael Albritton From a canceled date to saving faith In 1993, Anne attended a Disciple Now weekend at church. She was given a small orange card and asked to write the names of friends who did not know Christ. The first name she...
by mcl | Nov 1, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Talya Straughter Grateful for my ‘no’: A beautiful friendship In 2010, a colleague named Dawn challenged me to become a licensed professional counselor (LPC). “Straughter, you need to get licensed. There are more opportunities as an LPC.” Two years later, I...
by mcl | Jul 2, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Erin Williams Rooted in Faith, Family, and Agriculture I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Andy Gipson, Mississippi’s newest Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. As I went back through my notes preparing to write this story, there was one...
by mcl | Jun 5, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Marilyn Tinnin Don Primos A Tradition of Faith, Family, and Hard Work In the late 1920s, when Angelo “Pop” Primos, a Greek immigrant decided to set up a bakery in Jackson, he had a sixth-grade education, a determined work ethic, a reverence for God and...
