HEALTH & WELLNESS — Serve the sinner, forgive the sin

By CHRIS FIELDS          Last month I had the luxury of moderating a discussion called “The Man Cave” at a statewide conference for public health professionals and stakeholders.      ...
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HEALTH & WELLNESS — Local surgeon takes his talents abroad

Submitted by CAPITAL ORTHO     “Each of you should use whatever gifts you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms” – 1 Peter 4:10      ...
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HEALTH & WELLNESS — The truth about the ‘health’ of abortion

By COURTNEY BUZEK          Cindy* believed she was receiving women’s healthcare as an easy solution to her unplanned pregnancy and that her life would go on as usual. She was not warned...
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HEALTH & WELLNESS — Why medication isn’t enough

By CHRIS FIELDS          I’m in my yearly Bible reading tour again, and my journey has landed me back in the book of Leviticus. This book always resonates with me as God’s book on health...
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HEALTH & WELLNESS — Get clarity, and get healthy!

By CHRIS FIELDS          Clarity is a basis of truth derived through understanding and evaluation. Here is an example in health terms: To maintain a balanced or healthy energy deficit and...
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HEALTH & WELLNESS — Are our habits writing checks that our bodies can’t cash?

By CHRIS FIELDS        What if salvation wasn’t free? What if there was a copay every time we got on our knees to pray for forgiveness? What if the consequences of even unintentional...
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HEALTH & WELLNESS — Early specialization in youth sports: How much is too much?

Submitted by CAPITAL ORTHO          Sports specialization is the act of participating in and/or training for a single sport year-round. With increasing numbers and popularity of travel...
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HEALTH & WELLNESS — Our tongues aren’t as powerful as we think

By CHRIS FIELDS          I was listening to someone speak recently about the tongue and its life-controlling, life-altering power. This message is popular in our Christian community, as...
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HEALTH & WELLNESS — How is your health impacting your children?

By CHRIS FIELDS          Genesis is a book that gives us our first introduction to God. Genesis 1:1 is one of the first scriptures we memorize as Christians. The story of creation, the...
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Cindy Townsend: On life, ‘lemons’ and the Lord

By KATIE EUBANKS          Cindy Townsend picks up a plastic lemon and turns it over in her hands. At first glance, it’s just a lemon — one of many she’s used to adorn her kitchen table, where we now sit with her husband, as well as other surfaces in their...
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Jackson Leadership Foundation Supporting leaders, transforming lives

  Katie Eubanks: What is Jackson Leadership Foundation?      Samuel Bolen: We are a ministry to ministries. Our desire is to work with ministry leaders in Jackson to help (them) grow as leaders, and grow their ministries to the scale of the vision that God has...
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Michael and Julie Estes Finding a ministry home at Ridgecrest

By KATIE EUBANKS   Michael and Julie Estes Finding a ministry home at Ridgecrest        In 1998, Michael Estes finally worked up the nerve to ask out Julie Stone.  They’d both grown up in Clinton, and probably met on a Clinton High School...
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Shower Power — Jackson organization empowers people experiencing homelessness

By KATIE EUBANKS   Shower Power Jackson organization empowers people experiencing homelessness        Lying in the shade, a young man named DJ spreads his Bible on top of his face and reaches his arms up to the sky. He doesn’t take medication...
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Anne Graham Lotz talks cancer, loss, and seeing God’s blessings

By KATIE EUBANKS     Anne Graham Lotz talks cancer, loss, and seeing God’s blessings        In early 2019, Anne Graham Lotz — daughter of the Rev. Billy Graham — was scheduled to speak to the women at First Baptist Jackson. A brutal round...
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Sean Milner: He grew up at a children’s home — and now he runs it

By KATIE EUBANKS   Sean Milner He grew up at a children’s home — and now he runs it        Sean Milner remembers the gunshot from when Oma wounded herself in the shoulder.      “(My siblings and I) ran out on the back porch and...
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FEATURE — But God Ministries finds a home in the Delta

    JONESTOWN — Linda McGrew thought she had grown up poor — and she had. But then she visited some homes in Quitman County.   “I (was) inspecting the units that we were to rehab (at a nonprofit). You could look through the ceiling and see outdoors. You...
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SPECIAL FEATURE — Doing diversity in the local church

By Katie Eubanks   Doing diversity in the local church     Sunday morning is still the most segregated hour of the week, but not if these churches have anything to do with it. In the greater Jackson area, leaders at several churches — from a megachurch...
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DYNAMIC DADS—Stories of Fatherhood

Introduction and Questions by Marilyn Tinnin Dynamic Dads   We have looked for a few wise men here in Mississippi Christian Living’s Annual Man Issue. We have loved gathering these stories and getting these guys to put words to the heart issues of priorities,...
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MILLENNIAL MOMS—Stories of Motherhood

  Fenley Akers Davis Age 28 Married to Price Davis (5 years) Mother to daughter Paschal (Newborn)   Work Background: Administrative Assistant to Governor Phil Bryant; Account Executive WLBT News Channel 3; Co-Founder + Director of Development Club Sally;...
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AUTHOR Q&A — 1 pilgrim, many interruptions

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By KATIE EUBANKS          Author and Jackson native Susan Cushman will release her eighth book, “Pilgrim Interrupted” — a memoir in the form of an essay collection encompassing faith, mental health and more — on June 7. She will be at Lemuria Books in Jackson for a signing on June 11....