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Am I a ‘real’ woman?

By Katie Ginn I recently attended a luncheon with about 100 other believers. The speaker was a...

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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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One woman, one home, into the world

by | May 1, 2026

By Laura Lee Leathers   If you and I could have a face-to-face conversation, how would you answer the following? When you think about missions, do you usually consider going to a particular place for a certain length of time? Where is your mission field? What are your excuses for why you can’t be...

Advertiser Spotlight: Things to do in MS this summer

by | May 1, 2026

With our nation turning 250 this year, Washington D.C. and other historic cities are booking up fast. But you don’t have to go far to celebrate our country - or explore multifaceted Mississippi. Read on for details on America’s birthday party in Mississippi, your next Magnolia State road trip, and...

Fully seen and fully known

by | May 1, 2026

By Jade Whitehurst There’s something deeply personal about being seen. Not just noticed in passing, but known, understood, and considered. One thing I love about my husband is his ability to make me feel fully seen and known. Like when I’m stirring a boiling pot of noodles, with children at my...

The crucial question I’ve been asking my 4-year-old

by | Mar 1, 2026

By Jade Whitehurst “What makes you pretty?” It’s a question I began asking my 4-year-old daughter a year ago as I brushed her hair in front of the mirror. It was a question loaded with intentionality as I delightfully watched her gleaming over the sparkly new dress she was wearing. You could tell...