by mcl | Jan 31, 2017 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
2017 The Church in Mississippi—Is It Relevant? “Culture is the pond in which we swim and the lens through which we see the world.” Ed Stetzer Competing voices, a myriad of worldviews, and strident discord characterize much of our daily information...
by mcl | Jan 4, 2017 | Artist Profile, Columns, Lifestyle
By Janet W. Ferguson Good Reads from Mississippi Christian Fiction Authors I grew up in Mississippi, graduated from Ole Miss, and make my home in the Reservoir area near Jackson. An avid reader, I worked as a librarian at Northwest Rankin High School. My...
by mcl | Jan 4, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, The Middle Ages
By Sherye S. Green A Grand Legacy Almost thirty years have passed since I gave birth to my baby girl. It seems like only yesterday when Mark and I were bringing our Lauren home from the hospital. Soon, she will deliver a child of her own. My...
by mcl | Jan 3, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Shawn Dean Sweet Sixteen What a disaster I was at sixteen. I couldn’t get enough of AC/DC, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Bud heavy, Marlboro Reds, long hair, and girls. My weekends were full of parties and hangovers. School was a...
by mcl | Jan 3, 2017 | Columns, Lagniappe, Lifestyle
By Jimmy Reed The Pencil Parable Storytelling takes many forms, but stories that endure, that remain popular down through the ages, have in common certain elements that cause listeners or readers to remain attentive from the first word to the last: They...
by mcl | Jan 3, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, Quips & Quotes