A Visit to Ole Miss

I am a native of Alabama. I am a dyed in the wool ROLL TIDE fan. I love the color red and live and die Alabama football. Imagine my suprise when my daughter marries a Tennessee fan and moves to Oxford, Mississippi to take a job. It took a while to get over the shock.
This past weekend we visited Oxford for the first time. Much to my suprise it was a great visit in spite of all the Ole Miss stuff everywhere. If you don’t talk football and yell Roll Tide a lot you find people very warm and considerate.
Oxford is a town that has the feel of the old south but also the comtemporary tone of a university town. It has all the unique shops and great eating places. Places where university students would like to go and sit and hook into the internet. Like many college towns it has great bookstores with books you don’t usually encounter at Barnes and Noble.
On Sunday we visited the Oxford Church of Christ. This is the church where our children attend and are involved with the local campus ministry. Like most people I judge church on the experience. The people seemed to go out of there way to meet us and wanted to meet Jennifers parents. The singing and messages were good and we left with a good feeling about the work being done in such a challenging place. When so many churches are going backward and just existing it is encouraging to know that one is striving to go forward and do the Lord will in their community.

Allan Jenkins