Photo feature: Way of the cross

Published 12:05 am Wednesday, August 14, 2013

JAY SOWERS / THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Natchez High School junior Brian Wilson carries a small wooden cross Tuesday afternoon shortly after a Mission Mississippi caravan arrived in Adams County, bringing with it several large and small crosses. Mission Mississippi, a nonprofit Christian organization dedicated to racial and denominational reconciliation, is having members carry the crosses through all 82 counties in Mississippi to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

JAY SOWERS / THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Natchez High School junior Brian Wilson carries a small wooden cross Tuesday afternoon shortly after a Mission Mississippi caravan arrived in Adams County, bringing with it several large and small crosses. Mission Mississippi, a nonprofit Christian organization dedicated to racial and denominational reconciliation, is having members carry the crosses through all 82 counties in Mississippi to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

JAY SOWERS / THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Leaders from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes join local law enforcement officials in hoisting a wooden cross out of the bed of a pickup truck early Tuesday afternoon shortly after it arrived in Adams County. Mission Mississippi, a nonprofit Christian organization dedicated to racial and denominational reconciliation, is having members carry the cross through all 82 counties in Mississippi to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

JAY SOWERS / THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Leaders from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes join local law enforcement officials in hoisting a wooden cross out of the bed of a pickup truck early Tuesday afternoon shortly after it arrived in Adams County. Mission Mississippi, a nonprofit Christian organization dedicated to racial and denominational reconciliation, is having members carry the cross through all 82 counties in Mississippi to celebrate their 20th anniversary.