THIS IS MY STORY — How ‘I’ll pray for you’ changed my life

By MARK HIKES        Prayer is a huge part of our journey with Jesus, but I didn’t always think that way. If you’d asked me 20 years ago if I believed in God, my answer would have been, “Sure 
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THIS IS MY STORY — I am not enough — but He is

By EMILY HUNT   I was 13 years old when I gave my life to Christ and accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.  I had gotten pretty involved with the youth group at my church. I had friends...
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THIS IS MY STORY — How I found my family in Cambodia

By ALLI MELLON             I never wanted to live overseas. As founding director of The Hard Places Community, my plan was to live in America and send long-term missionaries into the...
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THIS IS MY STORY — Spiritual hindsight is 20/20

By COURNTEY INGLE     “Hey, can you share your testimony?”         “I don’t know, it’s kind of boring. You know the drill, raised in church, didn’t quite fully understand the...
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THIS IS MY STORY — From darkness to a new beginning

By MARY HAMILTON HARKINS          When we think of January, we often tend to think of new beginnings, i.e., this year I’m finally going to lose the weight, exercise, eat right, etc. We...
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THIS IS MY STORY — From the Iron Curtain to ballet and beyond

By JIRI VOBORSKY            As the year 2021 nears its end, most if not all of us are ready to embrace the Christmas season with celebrations resembling the yesteryears — years free...
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THIS IS MY STORY — What I learned as my mother’s caregiver

By RUTH SANDERS          Most of my adult life, I have been visiting friends, family and associates in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. I learned early that God had a calling...
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THIS IS MY STORY — How I learned to sing in the dark

By GINNY OWENS          I have loved music ever since I can remember. Melodies and lyrics move my mind and speak to my soul in ways nothing else does. I began plunking out songs on our...
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THIS IS MY STORY — How I misused my talents, and how God changed my path

By ANTONIO MACK          As far back as I can recall, I’ve always been creative and ambitious. First were the music years, which began in my youth and lasted until my early adulthood....
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THIS IS MY STORY — Understanding a life for Christ

By VICTORIA ROGERS          My name is Victoria Rogers. I am 16 years old and have just finished my sophomore year of high school. Because I was born into a Christian family, Christianity...
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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.      â€œ(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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2018 Christian Leaders of the Future Event

  2018 Christian Leaders of the Future Event     Mississippi Christian Living, in partnership with Belhaven University, honored our tenth class of Christian Leaders of the Future at an afternoon event on Belhaven’s campus March 5. Two...
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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....