Tag Archives | Jesus

Easter is always about Good News

By | 6:05 AM | March 28, 2013 | Opinion

The boys have gotten a little too old and too cool for the full-blown Easter thing at my house. But don’t worry we will still have Peeps, jelly beans and a ham. We will all get up on Sunday morning and go to church. Then it is off to my mother’s house for lunch and [...]

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LOCAL FOCUS: Mugs on Main

By | 2:05 AM | March 14, 2013 | Business, Living, News

The mission at Mugs on Main is to bring community together and if they can sell a cup of coffee and a cookie along the way, that’s great. Mugs on Main opened at the front of Excel Common’s senior adult center a little over a year ago as a venue for older residents of Okolona [...]

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Every day is an uphill climb!

By | 4:05 AM | March 10, 2013 | News

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.  2 Corinthians 5:17   By Rev. Darrick Whitfield Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church We have all made some mistakes and experienced our share of ups and downs and we all have some hidden [...]

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Thank God for loving us so much!

By | 5:35 AM | January 19, 2013 | Living, Opinion

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)   Rev. Darrick Whitfield Shady Gove M.B. Church   There are many words that come out of our mouths. Some of these words are nouns, some of these [...]

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