VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
I joined a number of white and black ministers on my stop in Vicksburg, Mississippi for their special monthly breakfast sponsored by Mission Mississippi. Their goal: To cross racial and denominational lines by building relationships one by one.
Interviewed in this piece are: Rev. Reginald Walker, Word of Faith Church, Vicksburg, MS; Dan Hall, Special Advisor, Mission Mississippi, Jackson, MS; Rev. Chan Osborn de Anaya, Christ Episcopal Church, Vicksburg, MS; Rev. Randall Burge, New Christian Fellowship, Port Gibson, MS; Vickar Margaret Ayers, St. James Church, Port Gibson, MS; Rev. Lister Bowdoin, Bovina United Methodist Church, Bovina, MS; Rev. Linda Sweezer, House of Peace, Vicksburg, MS.
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World traveler, creative activist and CNN citizen journalist, currently documenting America. This blog was created in homage to the inhabitants along the banks of the Mississippi River, from the source at Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to New Orleans.
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to Neal Moore, someone just sent me your story about going down the Mississippi. My son Brendan,did the river back in 2001. I’m going to pass this story onto him. His whole story is on a website called, riverroads.com. You may find it very interesting.
Great Story – Jim