OUTSIDE IN – The bear within

By Chris Bates   While I have not stood close to a grizzly bear, I have encountered them in a couple of different settings. Needless to say, they are to be feared and respected. They have...
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OUTSIDE IN — What do you have to give?

By CHRIS BATES        My buddy and I had spent countless early mornings fishing together. One weekend morning, we met about 30 minutes before dawn for coffee on the pier. It was nice to sit and...
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OUTSIDE IN — The indelible visuals

By CHRIS BATES          We watched a grizzly bear and her two cubs devour an elk carcass. Granted, it was from a significant distance through a spotting scope, but the refuge was indelibly...
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OUTSIDE IN — Seasons of life

By CHRIS BATES          Nature’s transitions are remarkable. The harsh bite of winter will test your body and senses when hiking to 12,000 feet in the snow. There is a window in my house...
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OUTSIDE IN — An image of you

By CHRIS BATES          I was about to become a teenager the first time I visited the Teton mountains. My family took a trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, just after Christmas that year. We...
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OUTSIDE IN — Building you

By CHRIS BATES        There is nothing like a day on the river by yourself. I explored the Taylor River on a sun-filled day with no one else around. Not too far from Crested Butte, Colorado,...
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OUTSIDE IN — Strength in Numbers

By CHRIS BATES          We had been waiting and anticipating for months to breathe the cool morning air and step into the chilly river water in far western Montana. Much preparation went...
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OUTSIDE IN — Finding courage

By CHRIS BATES          Waterfowl hunting is a sport of many elements. On the gear list, it takes extensive equipment, flooded habitat, and camouflage. On the encounter end, it includes...
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OUTSIDE IN — Need a map?

By CHRIS BATES        My uncle and his family lived in Montana during many of my growing-up years. We would go to visit regularly, and I loved my experiences there. My one-year-older cousin and...
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OUTSIDE IN — When it’s frozen

By CHRIS BATES        Everything is different when the world around you is frozen. This past hunting season, we experienced several dawns of frozen ground, water and air. It can be...
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  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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FEATURE — But God Ministries finds a home in the Delta

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SPECIAL FEATURE — Doing diversity in the local church

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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....