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Article: BAPTISM at MOON LAKE
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- Southern Living
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Southern Progress Corporation Oct 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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A powerful tradition lives on in the Mississippi Delta.
Moon Lake spills over the Mississippi landscape in a glassy crescent, like it was poured from a pitcher. On this hill day. the early morning mist has barely lifted from the water, but already the Delta sun is hot. The silence gives way to the sound of tires on pavement as a caravan of SUVs and minivans pulls onto the narrow ribbon of road circling the lake. Here, on this spot, as they have done for more than a century, a cluster of African American churches gather for baptism.
Like other oxbow lakes in The Delta, Moon Lake was a gift of the river, created when the force of the Mississippi carved out such a sharp bend that it jumped ...