Chrissy Sanders

Moses’ mother was pro-life

By Chrissy Sanders As a mom to three boys, Elsa the ice queen just isn’t a big deal in our house. No, the movies in our usual rotation are mostly those involving superheroes, dragons, and...
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‘The Hidden Epidemic’ of grandparents raising grandkids

By Laura Lee Leathers Do you know any grandparents who have adopted their grandchildren? Could it be that you are facing this monumental decision? More than 2.4 million U.S. children are being...
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Jade Whitehurst

Crafting holy habits

By Jade Whitehurst Using your habits and routines to honor God is a wonderful way to integrate your faith into your daily life and to experience Christ more fully. Here are seven suggestions on how...
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3 favorite fall recipes

By Cassidy Camp Onion Soup Pot Roast After what seems like the hottest summer ever, it finally feels like fall outside, and I couldn’t be happier! Once the temperature drops below 80, I can’t wait...
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Nicole Brown

Everyday grace: Appreciating the little things

By Nicole Brown We live in a culture that celebrates big moments. We cheer when someone hits a weight-loss goal, gets a promotion, or shares a picture-perfect life event. While there’s nothing wrong...
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St. Catherine’s couple celebrates 75th anniversary

Submitted by St. Catherine’s Village “When you know, you know.” That’s how David Keith described his whirlwind romance with his wife, Dorothy. The couple met when he was a 22-year-old college...
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Anderson’s Audio Alchemy makes podcasts pop

By Katie Ginn If you’ve watched the following podcasts, you might’ve noticed some similarities, and not just in terms of Christian faith: Y’all Listen Here (co-hosted by Barbie Bassett, Therese...
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Creating Jesus joy in the kitchen

By Jade Whitehurst “What’s for dinner?” These words sometimes make me cringe as a mom. So there I was, hunting down ingredients, and I grumbled to God, “I hate how inconvenienced and annoyed I feel...
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Sound living: Investing in your mental health in retirement

By Laura Lee Leathers Recently, I asked the ladies in my Sunday school class, ages 71 to 93, the following question: Do you know what the number one mental health issue is for older adults? Their...
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Life Care communities support senior wellness, fulfillment

Submitted by St. Catherine’s Village  August is National Wellness Month, a time dedicated to promoting self-care, healthy routines, and overall well-being. Reflecting on how to maintain lasting...
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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....