Birth Choice and its supports overtook the northern end of the parking lot at West Jackson Baptist Church on Saturday as the organization held its annual Walk for Life fundraiser. Birth Choice is a …

The morning was a perfect time for a walk. Fortunately for Garry Martin and Brooks Shaw, about 100 supporters and friends had gathered to join them. The pair coordinated the third annual Clark Shaw …

Brooks Shaw’s Old Country Store and Jackson First Assembly Pastor Garry Martin are inviting all residents of Jackson and beyond to be a part of the third-annual Clark Shaw Prayer Walk Saturday …

Ronnie Barker said it was a busy eight days when they found out nearly a decade ago his son, Jacob, had cancer. He and his wife noticed something was off with him on a Monday, so they scheduled a …

It was a phone call that no pastor wants to receive. “My daughter committed suicide last night,” said the voice quivering on the other end of the line. “Please tell me,” he continued, “is …

It seems impossible to overstate the importance of prayer. Throughout the Bible we read time and time again of the miraculous impact wrought from calling out to God. Because of prayer the Red Sea …

Ours is a world full of strange phobias. Pastors sometimes struggle with chronomentrophobia , or the fear every of clocks. Students might battle didaskaleinophobia , which is the fear of school. …

“I love Jesus, I just hate the church.” “I am spiritual person, but I resist any particular dogma.” “I believe that God wants me to be happy, so following my heart is what’s most …

Last weekend was both a milestone and a joyful celebration for my family. As an adult, birthdays don’t carry the same priority as they do for children anxious to have a superhero party or to get …

Forgiveness ranks near the top of the things we are most grateful to receive and near the bottom of things that we are most willing to give. Idioms like bury the hatchet and let them off the hook …

By Todd E. Brady Columnist You can lose respect for someone leading the cause without losing faith in the cause itself. Last Thursday, Willie McLaurin, interim CEO of the Southern Baptist …

Here’s a look at things going on in and around Jackson in the next couple weeks. AUG. 18 Wine Down Crown Winery (3638 East Mitchell Street in Humboldt) is back with its Wine Down concert series. …

Over the past few weeks, the sight of school buses on the streets is a signal to all of us that a new school year is underway. First day of school pictures adorn Facebook and Instagram and the rumble …

It was not my best sermon. After being away from my congregation for six weeks, the induction phase of my son’s chemotherapy ended, and we returned home from the Memphis Ronald McDonald House. …

It was six years ago when Greg and Jaclyn Scott and the rest of their family dealt with the tragedy of losing their 2-year-old son, Kane. They’d adopted Kane when he was a newborn, and on a Friday …

Do you trust me? That was the question I heard from one of my sons as he, through a sly grin, begged me to sit down. Because he was unaware that I saw him slip the Whoopi Cushion beneath me, his …