Laura Lee Leathers

One woman, one home, into the world

By Laura Lee Leathers   If you and I could have a face-to-face conversation, how would you answer the following? When you think about missions, do you usually consider going to a particular place...
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Advertiser Spotlight: Things to do in MS this summer

With our nation turning 250 this year, Washington D.C. and other historic cities are booking up fast. But you don’t have to go far to celebrate our country - or explore multifaceted Mississippi....
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Jade Whitehurst

Fully seen and fully known

By Jade Whitehurst There’s something deeply personal about being seen. Not just noticed in passing, but known, understood, and considered. One thing I love about my husband is his ability to make me...
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Jade Whitehurst

The crucial question I’ve been asking my 4-year-old

By Jade Whitehurst “What makes you pretty?” It’s a question I began asking my 4-year-old daughter a year ago as I brushed her hair in front of the mirror. It was a question loaded with...
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Laura Lee Leathers

Learning to delegate as servant leaders

By Laura Lee Leathers Suppose I asked you to name five individuals who were or are known for their leadership. Whom would you list? What makes them great leaders? In the introduction of “Jesus on...
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Discover Black history at Two Mississippi Museums

Submitted by the Two Mississippi Museums Each February, Black History Month invites us to reflect not only on the achievements of African Americans, but also on the struggles, resilience, and...
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Rooted in love: A new season for the soul

By Nicole Brown   Hey y’all! Can you believe we’ve already flipped the calendar? There is something about that crisp chilly air in January and February that feels like a fresh canvas. As we settle...
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Let your yes be yes

By Jade Whitehurst Happy New Year, friends! As we step into a brand-new year, many of us feel a renewed desire to grow stronger – both in our faith and in our fitness goals. This season invites us...
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A check-up from the neck up

By Laura Lee Leathers Years ago, my pastor often used the idiom “A Check-up from the Neck Up” in his sermon. Maybe he heard Zig Ziglar use it. He also used the phrase “stinkin’ thinkin’.” Both were...
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Nicole Brown

Embracing a Spirit-led holiday season

By Nicole Brown As Christmas approaches, our calendars fill, our to-do lists grow, and the pressure to create the “perfect Christmas” works its way into our hearts. Between shopping, travel, family...
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Cindy Townsend: On life, ‘lemons’ and the Lord

By KATIE EUBANKS          Cindy Townsend picks up a plastic lemon and turns it over in her hands. At first glance, it’s just a lemon — one of many she’s used to adorn her kitchen table, where we now sit with her husband, as well as other surfaces in their...
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Jackson Leadership Foundation Supporting leaders, transforming lives

  Katie Eubanks: What is Jackson Leadership Foundation?      Samuel Bolen: We are a ministry to ministries. Our desire is to work with ministry leaders in Jackson to help (them) grow as leaders, and grow their ministries to the scale of the vision that God has...
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Michael and Julie Estes Finding a ministry home at Ridgecrest

By KATIE EUBANKS   Michael and Julie Estes Finding a ministry home at Ridgecrest        In 1998, Michael Estes finally worked up the nerve to ask out Julie Stone.  They’d both grown up in Clinton, and probably met on a Clinton High School...
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Shower Power — Jackson organization empowers people experiencing homelessness

By KATIE EUBANKS   Shower Power Jackson organization empowers people experiencing homelessness        Lying in the shade, a young man named DJ spreads his Bible on top of his face and reaches his arms up to the sky. He doesn’t take medication...
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Anne Graham Lotz talks cancer, loss, and seeing God’s blessings

By KATIE EUBANKS     Anne Graham Lotz talks cancer, loss, and seeing God’s blessings        In early 2019, Anne Graham Lotz — daughter of the Rev. Billy Graham — was scheduled to speak to the women at First Baptist Jackson. A brutal round...
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Sean Milner: He grew up at a children’s home — and now he runs it

By KATIE EUBANKS   Sean Milner He grew up at a children’s home — and now he runs it        Sean Milner remembers the gunshot from when Oma wounded herself in the shoulder.      “(My siblings and I) ran out on the back porch and...
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FEATURE — But God Ministries finds a home in the Delta

    JONESTOWN — Linda McGrew thought she had grown up poor — and she had. But then she visited some homes in Quitman County.   “I (was) inspecting the units that we were to rehab (at a nonprofit). You could look through the ceiling and see outdoors. You...
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SPECIAL FEATURE — Doing diversity in the local church

By Katie Eubanks   Doing diversity in the local church     Sunday morning is still the most segregated hour of the week, but not if these churches have anything to do with it. In the greater Jackson area, leaders at several churches — from a megachurch...
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DYNAMIC DADS—Stories of Fatherhood

Introduction and Questions by Marilyn Tinnin Dynamic Dads   We have looked for a few wise men here in Mississippi Christian Living’s Annual Man Issue. We have loved gathering these stories and getting these guys to put words to the heart issues of priorities,...
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MILLENNIAL MOMS—Stories of Motherhood

  Fenley Akers Davis Age 28 Married to Price Davis (5 years) Mother to daughter Paschal (Newborn)   Work Background: Administrative Assistant to Governor Phil Bryant; Account Executive WLBT News Channel 3; Co-Founder + Director of Development Club Sally;...
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AUTHOR Q&A — 1 pilgrim, many interruptions

by | May 4, 2022

By KATIE EUBANKS          Author and Jackson native Susan Cushman will release her eighth book, “Pilgrim Interrupted” — a memoir in the form of an essay collection encompassing faith, mental health and more — on June 7. She will be at Lemuria Books in Jackson for a signing on June 11....