How to avoid Martha-Mama syndrome this Christmas

By Courtney Ingle The Christmas season is supposed to be one of joy and reverence as we celebrate the birth of our risen Savior.  In my core, I know it. But while Jesus deserves our worship, it is...
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Modern Motherhood: How to raise a godly blended famliy

By Dr. Teena Welborn Blended families are common today. Whether we have adopted children or have married someone with children, blended families should always focus on a consistent path to follow...
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Modern Motherhood: Are we building our own kingdoms, or His?

By Sarah Rein I teach history two days a week with a group of fifth-graders, and preparing for that course is a joy. As my students and I read, week after week, we encounter stories of people who...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD – A family finds resiliency through recovery

By Dr. LaTesha W. Thomas As a child, I had “secrets” with friends and siblings. Sneaking off to the store, hanging out, and sharing stories of first loves and first kisses. Those were the secrets...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD — Don’t forget these spiritual school supplies

By Courtney Ingle   The back-to-school season is in full swing, and you have plenty to do already. You have to find snacks that are compatible with allergy restrictions. There’s reading...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD — How healthy marriages lead to healthy parenting

By Dr. Teena Welborn          It has always been said that when children enter our lives, our marriages get put on the back burner, and there is much less time for husband and wife to...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD — Why you don’t have to be a ‘perfect’ father

By SARAH REIN        The word father is a weighted one.  It stirs up emotions that can run the gamut from love, admiration and gratitude to anger, disappointment and loss. For some, it calls up...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD — Motherhood: From dream to reality

By DR. LATESHA W. THOMAS          “So then, with endurance, let’s also run the race that is laid out in front of us, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us. Let’s...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD — Childlike faith brings teachable moments

By COURTNEY INGLE          My 5-year-old daughter, Taylor, was in the backseat, bobbing her head along with the music, lost in thought.  We drove past Peach Tree Village Assisted Living in...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD — Great leaders discipline their families

By DR. TEENA WELBORN          There is “no other” chaos like children who are not disciplined. As leaders of anything, you’ve probably seen that employees, children, members of committees...
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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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  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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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

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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....