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LET’S GET REAL—Technology—How Much is Too Much?

By Courtney Layson Technology – How Much Is Too Much? I distinctly remember the first commercial I saw for the original iPhone. The ad was vague, but it left viewers with a...

LET’S GET REAL—The Bully Within

By Kristen S. Jones, DPC, LPC, NCC The Bully Within As parents, few things hurt our heart more than finding out our children have been targeted or picked on by another child. In fact,...

LET’S GET REAL—The Price Of Abandonment

BY DAVID W. TRIPLETT The Price Of Abandonment “Hello Dad, where have you been?” These were the words uttered as I spoke with my dad for the first time in 15 years. The last time I had...

LET’S GET REAL—Curbing the Tech Craze

By Courtney Layson, LPC Parents’ Guide to Curbing the Technology Craze Last night I watched a family at Amerigo Italian Restaurant entertain their young children with an iPad while the...

LET’S GET REAL—Grandparents Who Overspend at Christmas

By Carolyn Tomlin Grandparents Who Overspend at Christmas Like most young children, 6-year-old “Ashley” couldn’t wait until Christmas. And who could blame the child? Television...

LET’S GET REAL—Parental Alienation: Earthquakes and Atomic Bombs

By FRED G. DAVIS, LPC Parental Alienation—Earthquakes and Atomic Bombs To children divorces are like earthquakes—the world is turned upside down and nothing looks like it once did....

LET’S GET REAL—Recovery Is More Than a Dream

Recovery Is More Than a Dream The Center for Hope and Healing, along with COPAC, Pine Grove Behavioral Health, and Musee Bath are delighted to host an evening of “Recovery: More Than a...

LET’S GET REAL—Rules for Grandparents Who Overspend

By CAROLYN TOMLIN Five-year-old “Stephen” couldn’t wait until his next birthday. And who could blame him? On his fifth special day, his grandparents gave him a pony. On the fourth birthday, it...

LET’S GET REAL—Bruised On the Inside

By Suzanne B. Russell, LPC A mom calls her daughter a _ _ _ _ and a worthless _ _ _ _ _. The dad never has one kind word for his daughter. A father threatens to beat his son to a pulp while raging...

LET’S GET REAL—Resolutions, Choices, and Real Transformation

It's not even almost, but completely, clichéd the way we set out at the beginning of every year to become new people. My resolutions over the last decade have largely remained the same—to exercise,...

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On Golden Buzzers and salvation

By Katie Ginn I was browsing YouTube recently and came across an “America’s Got Talent” audition...

A letter to our Christian Leaders of the Future

By Katie Ginn Dear 2024 Christian Leaders of the Future, As I write this, our scholarship awards...

On Stanley tumblers and stewardship

By Katie Ginn Can we talk about the Stanley cup for a minute? No, not the golf tournament - the...

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Dr. Tim and Jenn Chen: Faith, fun, and 5 precious kiddos

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By Katie Ginn In 2023, the average American household included 1.94 children under the age of 18,...

Leadership, love, and letting go 4 men we love share their God stories

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By KATIE EUBANKS MCL Editor Katie Eubanks Ginn recently sat down with four men from...

Cindy Townsend: On life, ‘lemons’ and the Lord

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By KATIE EUBANKS Cindy Townsend picks up a plastic lemon and turns it over in...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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;...

AUTHOR Q&A — 1 pilgrim, many interruptions

by MS Christian Living | 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....

AUTHOR Q&A — Brandon resident’s book can help you win financially

by MS Christian Living | Oct 30, 2021

By ANNA CLAIRE O’CAIN Bassfield native Neal Broome is a nearly 20-year resident of Brandon, a proud husband and father, a deacon and stewardship leader at his church, and has developed a career as an equity partner at Power Financial Group, LLC. Now he has released his first...

AUTHOR Q&A — Jackson native’s book can help you learn a new song

by MS Christian Living | Apr 30, 2021

Jackson native’s book can help you learn a new song Ginny Owens was born and raised in Jackson, attended Murrah High School and the Mississippi School for the Blind, and has developed a career as an award-winning Christian musical artist and speaker. Now she’s written her first book...

‘Surviving Hitler, Evading Stalin’: Mildred’s story by Sherye S. Green

by MS Christian Living | Nov 30, 2020

By KATIE EUBANKS ‘Surviving Hitler, Evading Stalin’: Mildred’s story MCL’s own “Middle Ages” columnist, Sherye S. Green, has co-written a new book called “Surviving Hitler, Evading Stalin: One Woman’s Remarkable Escape From Nazi Germany.” Editor Katie Eubanks chatted with Sherye...