Healing Forces
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for Jews. We spend it fasting and praying in hopes that we can be cleansed and absolved …
Salsa Mississippi
A rich wooden floor, mirrored walls and flashy dance-club lights turn an ordinary parlor into a place of extra--ordinary possibility at La Salsa Dance Club and Studio in Fondren. Anything …
The Left v. Health-Care Reform
Critics are lining up against the U.S. Senate health-care reform bill.
One Woman's Journey Into the Light
The Muslim call to prayer is heard five times every day throughout the Middle East and in parts of Africa, but Dec. 9, nine Islamic voices echoed in the halls …
Gifts of Faith
Carmelite Monastery of Jackson Inc.
For some, faith is the reason for the season. Here are some gift ideas for the faithful in your life.
A Bit o' Bling in my stocking, Please
From bling on a budget to decadently shiny things, this is your guide to looking fly at this year's holiday events.
I've Been Really Good This Year. Really.
What I want for Christmas, other than world peace. And a bike.
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Sit, Pray, Love
Walking up the leaf-littered driveway off Old Canton Road, I almost miss the unassuming little brown building tucked away in the trees, but Bebe Wolfe is on the front porch …
My Inner Buddha
A smell so offensive and overpowering that I could only refer to it after as the "R incident," is what forced me to "Come To Jesus," or rather, to seek …
Getting Your Zen On
Curious about this whole mindful, compassionate, in-the-moment thing? Here are books to inspire you to focus and meditate and let the stupid stuff go, regardless of your religious faith.
Food Equals Love
It can't be argued: food equals sustenance. As Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, epicure and gastronomic philosopher, once famously asserted, "The universe would be nothing were it not for life, and all …
Funmi Folayan Spencer and Brad Franklin
Over a period of eight years, Funmi "Queen" Folayan Spencer and Brad "Kamikaze" Franklin realized that they were as good for each other as they are for Jackson.
BTW Birthdays
Yeah, you guessed it, my birthday's in December. It's on the 21st to be exact, which sometimes falls on the first day of winterthe shortest day of the year.
Presence, Not Presents
My Aunt Peggie has 48 miniature Santas. Each year, not long after Thanksgiving, she painstakingly takes her Santa collection and displays them around her home, along with the Christmas tree, …
