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Chickadees are common to Mississippi year round.

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

By Peggy Williams, READ MORE > 313 Reads
On Tue, 11/24/2020 - 03:27 PM

Have you ever had a song that you couldn’t shake going through your head? It is called an “earworm”. Mashable.com says that the scientific name is “involuntary musical imagery.” Well, this week as I have been thinking about Thanksgiving, I have had a song that has become an “earworm”.

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Quiet times, God hears your heart

By Mary Aldridge Cluts, READ MORE > 151 Reads
On Tue, 11/24/2020 - 03:26 PM

Do you ever long to know that God hears and answers the cry of your heart? Do you sometimes feel that your prayers go nowhere? I often ask myself many questions about my Prayer life. I know that some of my prayers are answered, because, I see the results. But, I do wonder about those that are answered that I DON'T need to know.

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Time to be thankful for blessings

By Brenda Parsons, READ MORE > 139 Reads
On Tue, 11/24/2020 - 03:24 PM

As Americans, we continue to celebrate that first Thanksgiving for our continued freedom and the bounty that we continue to strive for and enjoy. But long before the Pilgrims came to the Americas, there had been another Thanksgiving celebrated on another shore and country.

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The sovereign king: Part 3

By Clifton R. Angel, READ MORE > 132 Reads
On Tue, 11/24/2020 - 03:23 PM

Third, and final, Jesus is sovereign because of His authority. When Peter suggested the construction of three altars, he ignorantly placed Moses and Elijah on the same plane of authority as Jesus.

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Feed the mind, conquer fear

By Nettie Pennington, READ MORE > 133 Reads
On Tue, 11/24/2020 - 03:21 PM

Wash your thoughts thoroughly before you allow them to enter your heart and exit your mouth. The essence of fear starts with a thought. It could be your thought, or someone else’s thought. Commit your mind to the Lord and allow Him to establish your thoughts. “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things” (Colossians 3:2).

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Mississippi GOP becomes what early leaders fought and feared

By Bill Crawford, READ MORE > 264 Reads
On Tue, 11/24/2020 - 03:10 PM

Impressions from then and now … Forty-three years ago when I first began writing a weekly political column, several focused on the new Republicanism emerging in Mississippi as portrayed by party leaders. They described a surging party intent on building a strong two-party system in Mississippi.

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City officials made the right call for Senatobia parade

By Stephanie Cunningham, READ MORE > 141 Reads
On Tue, 11/24/2020 - 03:07 PM

Mayor Graves and the City of Senatobia Aldermen made the right decision by cancelling the parade. At the end of the day, it is the job of the government to make decisions to protect the greater good of the people and the citizens the government represents. By cancelling the annual Christmas parade the local government did its job.

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Long line of presidential lies continue

By Sid Salter, READ MORE > 275 Reads
On Tue, 11/24/2020 - 03:04 PM

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Polonius advises his son departing for his university schooling: “To thine own self be true.”

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If God makes no sense in your situation

By Brenda Parsons, READ MORE > 160 Reads
On Sat, 11/14/2020 - 03:51 PM

Over the years there have been many occasions that I would have despaired had I not believed, that while I could not see God’s will in my circumstance, I knew that I could trust that He had my best interest in mind, no matter what the answer was or how long it would take Him to accomplish His end results.

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The sovereign king: Part 2

By Clifton Angel, READ MORE > 149 Reads
On Sat, 11/14/2020 - 03:50 PM

Second, Jesus is sovereign because of His purity. Jesus' purity is paramount to Him being our Sovereign Savior. It refers to the fact that the Eternal Word took on flesh and was called Jesus (John 1:1, 14; Hebrews 10:5; Matthew 1:18–25). God the Father and God the Spirit also are pure, but neither have experienced life in the flesh.

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