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Belhaven scholarship winner talks faith, writing

By Owen Jarvis, as told to Katie Ginn Earlier this year, high-school senior Owen Jarvis of Pelham, Alabama, found out he was a “finalist” for Belhaven University’s Angie Thomas Writer’s Scholarship,...
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My ‘shop in the back’

By Lauren Egger The world had only known them as bicycle store owners and tinkerers. Day in and day out, they helped local townspeople travel to and fro on two wheels. But their real work began when...
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‘God, You’re making a mistake’

By D.J. Speckner I am one of those people who did not grow up in church. As my life unfolded, I only went to church for a short time while in junior high. It was during that time when I made a...
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How God healed my 3-pound newborn

By Jordan Walker On June 29, 2024, my son Casen Bishop Walker was born at 28 weeks, weighing 2 pounds 14 ounces, breach, with no expectation of being able to use the arm by which he was pulled. His...
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What do you see when you look in the mirror?

By Bishop Barlow “Mirror Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” You’ve probably heard this quote from the movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” It comes from the wicked queen, who...
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From caring for bodies to caring for souls

By Lamar Harrison Having been a registered nurse for 40-plus years, I cared for the physical body. I grew up nursing critically ill patients who often required life-support measures. I knew I was...
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The Bridegroom cometh

By Sara Bannerman I pick up a string of garland and read the yellow tag attached to it. “East entrance to living room.” The cursive is a bit squiggly, like a ripple in water. Mom insists it wasn’t a...
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Why I’m an Uber evangelist

By Kendall Smith To be a “good Southern Baptist” in the ’70s and ’80s required several basic behaviors in addition to genuine faith in Jesus Christ: Attendance at Sunday school, morning worship,...
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From poet to psychiatric ward and beyond

By Alexis Ellis The life I have led as a mental health patient has had its ups and downs. From my first memories of being in elementary school, I could feel the nervousness inside me - the warm rush...
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How my art was formed by faith, family, and zinnias

By Scarlett Johnston As a native of Purvis, Mississippi, I consider myself a bit of a country girl. I went on to attend Mississippi College and graduated with a bachelor of science in nursing. I...
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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....