THIS IS MY STORY — When joy rose up from 36 feet underground

By BRO. ROYCE LOTT        In my 30-plus years of ministry, those closest to me have always joked about how much I talk! I don’t think I’ve ever preached a typical 30-minute sermon, EVER. But on...
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THIS IS MY STORY — Watching God work in Jackson

By CANDACE ROBINS          To many outsiders, Jackson is known for its high crime rates, embattled politicians and ongoing water crisis.  To me, someone who loves Jackson, it is home....
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THIS IS MY STORY — How our son taught us: ‘Suffering is a teacher’

By JENNIE RODGERS        If our family’s battle with cerebral palsy helps just one person see Jesus through our son’s suffering, it is worth the fight. My husband and I were trying everything...
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THIS IS MY STORY — A laboratory for leaders

By SAMUEL BOLEN and PAULA BYARS          “I think we can all agree that what the world needs is not more nonprofits. Instead, what the world needs is well-equipped leaders.”        I...
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THIS IS MY STORY — How I’m dreaming for what God has given

By ALLIE MURPHY          My mother stood on the bottom stair while visiting recently and told me something that I should probably hang on my wall and frame: “I just had an emotional moment...
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THIS IS MY STORY — God is big enough

By DIANNE BROWN          Back in April 2022, my health took a turn for the worse. I lost weight to where I was literally skin and bones. I didn’t tell my family or friends because I didn’t...
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THIS IS MY STORY — How my daughter’s illness brought me closer to Christ

By KIM CARTER          My God story begins in my early childhood. I was raised by my grandmother, where going to church was a rule to live by. I was baptized during a revival in 1985 at...
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THIS IS MY STORY — Finding thanksgiving in the midst of crisis

By SAMUEL BOLEN        “There are those that talk about change. Then there are those who actually do it.”        I will never forget this line from my childhood Bible, a tattered 1997...
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THIS IS MY STORY — Why I’m thankful for my breast cancer scar

By WRINTHIA KENDRICK          On October 16, 2018, I became the 1 out of every 8 women diagnosed with breast cancer. With virtually no history of the disease in my family (I was told my...
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THIS IS MY STORY — How Jesus has changed my friendships

By CATE McCRORY          Growing up, friends were just people to play with on the playground. As I got older, those people became friends to just sit with at lunch. I was still stuck on...
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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....