by MS Christian Living | Dec 12, 2024 | Columns, This Is My Story
By Sara Bannerman I pick up a string of garland and read the yellow tag attached to it. “East entrance to living room.” The cursive is a bit squiggly, like a ripple in water. Mom insists it wasn’t a stroke that weakened her writing hand and created a very slight droop...
by MS Christian Living | Nov 30, 2024 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Kendall Smith To be a “good Southern Baptist” in the ’70s and ’80s required several basic behaviors in addition to genuine faith in Jesus Christ: Attendance at Sunday school, morning worship, Training Union, and evening worship, and playing on a church league...
by MS Christian Living | Nov 1, 2024 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Alexis Ellis The life I have led as a mental health patient has had its ups and downs. From my first memories of being in elementary school, I could feel the nervousness inside me – the warm rush and tremble in my body when my first-grade teacher would ask me...
by MS Christian Living | Sep 27, 2024 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Scarlett Johnston As a native of Purvis, Mississippi, I consider myself a bit of a country girl. I went on to attend Mississippi College and graduated with a bachelor of science in nursing. I have lived in the metro area for many years and love living in Madison...
by MS Christian Living | Aug 30, 2024 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Ansley Claire Strong When I was a little girl learning about the character of God and the classic stories of the Bible for the first time, I would often imagine that my prayers were not just prayers, but letters of correspondence between me and the Lord. These...
by MS Christian Living | Aug 1, 2024 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Julie Liddell Whitehead On August 27, 2023, my church had been doing a fundraising campaign challenge. And as clear as day, before the sermon started on the day we were to make our pledges, I heard God telling me to say that I would give my first book advance to...
