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Helping mothers ‘One by One’

By ANNA CLAIRE O’CAIN      One by One Ministries is a 501c3 nonprofit that partners with Mississippi pregnancy centers to educate and mentor new mothers so they and their babies can thrive. Kristy Dunaway, community ministry director at One by One, shares how she and...

Libbo and Clay Crosswhite — Keep it real, keep it simple

By KATIE EUBANKS        When Libbo Crosswhite thinks of Valentine’s Day, she thinks of when Clay, her now husband, brought her roses in eighth grade.      “He made sure to tell me there were only 11 and they were on sale.”      The following year, when all their...

Amanda Scott — Abortion, healing and hope

By KATIE EUBANKS     Editor’s note: This article contains a partial description of a late-term abortion.      In 2012, Amanda Scott was at a follow-up appointment with her chiropractor/nutritionist, Dr. Debra Barnes, 18 years after having an abortion as a...

Aaron and Lizzy Sibley — Loss, lament, and moving forward

       No matter what you’ve experienced, nothing can prepare you for the loss of a child. “I had never had a lot of bad things happen in my life at all (before we lost our son),” says Lizzy Sibley, a senior auditor at Rabobank who’s married to Aaron, student...

The Baptist Children’s Village celebrates 125 years

By CHRYSTELLE THAMES                   “We now bid you an affectionate goodbye — but this is God’s work. He inspired, built and directed. We were simply His instruments.” – Rev. L. S. Foster upon his 1903 retirement as...

Willie McClain — From Aryan Brotherhood to brother in Christ

By KATIE EUBANKS          Willie McClain doesn’t do fake.      He didn’t do fake in his previous life as part of the Aryan Brotherhood in prison. And he doesn’t do fake now at Partners in the Gospel, the fancy name for he and his wife, Alex, pouring into...

Mart and Holly McMullan Celebrating sobriety, faith and love

By KATIE EUBANKS          Mart McMullan starts each morning the same way: “The very first thing I do is go to my office and ask God to keep me sober,” he says, sitting with his wife, Holly, at their dining room table in Madison.     For more than 10 years...

Olivia and Chris Kneip: Running the race

By ANNA CLAIRE O’CAIN      People in the Flowood area might know Olivia and Dr. Chris Kneip through their competing in triathlons, or from their work as a teacher and orthopedic surgeon respectively. But many do not know how God used difficult times in the Kneip’s...

Deryll & Sherry Stegall: Finding happiness in Christ

By KATIE EUBANKS        It’s become a tradition at MCL cover shoots to capture photographer Deryll Stegall giving his favorite directive: “Happyyyyyy!”           We all need a little encouragement to look happy for pictures sometimes. And with his affable,...

Canopy expanding solutions with new school

By ANNA CLAIRE O'CAIN          Canopy Children’s Solutions, based in Jackson, is a nonprofit organization providing a host of interventions for children in all 82 Mississippi counties.  CEO Dr. John Damon shares about Canopy and the services they provide —...

HEALTH & WELLNESS — Local surgeon takes his talents abroad

Submitted by CAPITAL ORTHO     “Each of you should use whatever gifts you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms” – 1 Peter 4:10        Dr. Jeff Kennedy, an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in joint replacement at Capital Ortho in...