"Break Thou the Bread of Life" is a tender reflection that gets to the heart of the Word of God. From the Author... For more than a decade, I have been serving in a pastoral capacity in the only church in Duncan, Mississippi. Being the only church (others have closed their doors due to population shifts), it has evolved to be a community church. Our relationship as pastor/people has been a mutually sharing experience. Those who attend this church have spiritually fed me; and I, hopefully, have reciprocated. In my attempt to feed them spiritually, I have systematically gone from the front of...

Upon hearing persons speak in general terms about those who live and work in the Mississippi Delta, that area of fertile land east of the Mississippi River extending 200 miles north and south and 70 miles east and west, I along with my wife decided to traverse this area to come up with a personally satisfying definition and description of Deltans. Who are Deltans? Therefore, we set out to travel the major highways (north and south and east and west) to see where Deltans live and to converse informally with people we, by chance and permission, might meet along the way. To accomplish our...