Dr. Crowder shared the following in a letter to future Living Waters Region Clergy on Thursday, Jan. 15.
Beloved Colleagues,
As we sat on the couch last Saturday night after the unbelievable comeback win against the Green Bay Packers, my wife, Dr. Stephanie B. Crowder, shared a quote from WNBA star A’ja Wilson that has stayed with me ever since:
“You can still WIN until the game is over.”
At first, it sounded like just a sports quote, but the longer I reflected on it, the more it felt like a word from Heaven. Because in life, there are seasons when we feel behind, when the clock is running, when momentum has shifted, and everything around us seems to say the outcome is already decided. This truth is especially powerful in moments like the heartbreaking loss of our colleague’s son after his courageous battle with cancer — moments when sorrow seems to have the final word. And in recent days, our hearts have been stirred by grief and protest in multiple ways:
The fatal shooting of 37‑year‑old Renée Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, which has sparked widespread demonstrations and calls for justice.
The stalled U.S. Senate negotiations over Affordable Care Act subsidies, leaving millions anxious about rising costs and access to coverage.
The fire that heavily damaged Mississippi’s largest synagogue before dawn Saturday — the same house of worship in northeast Jackson that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. I grieve with my friend Rabbi Max Weiss, who reported this to me. The Jackson Fire Department, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested a suspect Saturday night after the fire department ruled the blaze arson.