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How sharing abortion stories can SaveOne

By Laura Knight “What if I shared my secret? How would they react? I have carefully hidden this secret, but I am continually reminded of it. Memories of the abortion I had as a college student keep...
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Reopened 1 year, St. Dominic’s clinic serves more than 4,000 for free

Submitted by St. Dominic’s Since 1996, St. Dominic’s has operated a community health clinic at 1100 W. Capitol St. in Jackson, offering free primary care to low-income families and people...
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MDRS fund helps hunters with disabilities

Submitted by The Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services “Oh, boy, this was like a dream come true for me and everyone here,” said hunter Brock Kinsey. For the first time in his life,...
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New Gluckstadt church aims to be a Wellspring of life

By Mandy Bufkin There’s a new church in town: Matt Ayars, pastor of Wellspring Church in Gluckstadt, recently spoke with MCL Contributing Writer Mandy Bufkin about his new role, the people and...
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Center for Hope and Healing expands mental health services

By Dr. Preston Crowe Mental health has historically been under-addressed within the church. While physical health issues are often discussed and prayed for, conversations around mental health tend...
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Don’t waste the youth sports season!

By Kiel Higginbotham With fall quickly approaching, many families with young kids will find themselves flocking to ball fields and courts throughout Mississippi. Sports certainly have the attention...
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NeedtoBreathe show benefits Mississippi foster orgs

By Courtney Ingle When rock band NeedtoBreathe performed at the Brandon Amphitheatre on April 30, there was an opportunity for a lasting impact to be made on children in Mississippi.  NeedtoBreathe...
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What is a child advocacy center?

By DiDi Ellis A child advocacy center (CAC) is a child-friendly facility where members of local multidisciplinary teams meet to discuss and make decisions regarding the investigation, treatment, and...
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Metro Bible study to gather millennials, Gen Z

Submitted by Life Coach South The resounding cry from millennials and Gen Z as they continue to encounter the challenges and disappointments of life is, "There's gotta be more … ” And there is!...
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Community Outreach – Find your place of impact in Jackson

By Samuel Bolen I remember it like it was yesterday. I was 22, fresh out of college, and eager to be involved in my community. There was just one problem: I didn’t know where to start. I had a...
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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

by | May 4, 2022

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....