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Pastor Jeff Phillips of Legacy Owensboro has been building a legacy through his experiences serving God. He is not your typical Pastor, having a background of twenty-five years in the Insurance Industry. He claims his time in insurance gave him a better understanding of his future church members. Loving God and loving people is the legacy he wants to impart to others. While many would say Pastor Phillips took on a huge risk converting the former Malco Theatre into a stage for Christ, he put his faith into action as he trusted in the Lord to provide. He and his wife Melissa recently hosted Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson at Legacy Owensboro. Keep reading...

Owensboro’s Patti Whitten went from Dumpster Diving for her drug addiction to Baptized and living a life pleasing to God Patti Whitten has come a long way from her dumpster diving days. She now works a real full time job at UniFirst operating several embroidery machines at the same time. She loves her work and the people who work alongside of her. Patti attributes her new lifestyle of clean and sober living to God. Only God could take a mess and turn it into His message of hope. Patti exemplifies hope as she lives each day to serve God and to do the best she can at whatever she does. Keep reading...

Ashley Vanover has always loved coffee, so much so that she has worked in the coffee industry for many years and now works at Niko’s Bakery & Café and for the Big Turkey Foot Coffee Company. Ashley wanted to make a difference in the lives of others, so she decided to take a mission trip to Honduras. While there she visited many families with primitive conditions and no running water. Even though Ashley witnessed so much poverty, she couldn’t help but notice the people in Honduras were always smiling and very thankful for their visit. Ashley visited Honduras during their coffee harvest season.  Even though she has been a connoisseur of coffee she truly loved seeing the process of the coffee “cherry” growing on the bush followed by the workers carefully handpicking the fruit. Keep reading...

Tabitha’s story of addiction could have ended tragically, but God had plans to prosper her and to give her hope for a brighter future. Tabitha did not live with her mother growing up which made life challenging for her. She did not feel wanted or loved by anyone growing up and found herself in and out of four girls’ homes and 48 foster homes. By the age of eighteen, Tabitha was introduced to meth and her life began a downward spiral. She found herself homeless and hopeless after losing custody of her children. She wanted to stay high all the time to numb her pain. She was arrested and spent time in jail at least twelve different times. Keep reading...

It was an honor to do a recent interview with Eugene Bach, a bonified warrior for Christ. He has been working with the underground church in China for more than two decades, helping them establish forward mission bases in closed countries around the world, including Iraq and Syria. Eugene leads the Chinese mission movement called Back to Jerusalem. They supply essential support for Chinese missionaries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Through his work in these countries, he has written books about the underground church in China, North Korea, Iran, as well as the Sudan. The world seems to be shrinking. Modern technology allowed us to connect on the phone for the interview, even though he was on a cell phone, thousands of miles away on the border of Turkey. Keep reading...

Jordan Wilson is the Development Director at Friends of Sinners, a Christ-centered residential substance recovery program focusing on the restoration and reconciliation of men and women to Christ through biblical truths, accountability, and life skills. He is married to Kayley and they have a three-year-old son Knox and one-year-old daughter Lemon. He is also the Youth Director at His Church in Henderson. Jordan wrote his story to give people hope and to let them know that through Jesus Christ, you can heal and recover from an addiction. While experiencing the pain of a knee injury, Jordan started abusing pain pills, sometimes as many as twenty pills a day. Keep reading...

Through the years, Sharon Wilharm has worn many hats – filmmaker, blogger, writer, ministry leader, speaker, and now, podcast host. The common thread of all the hats is women and storytelling. She loves to tell stories that inspire and encourage women in their walk with the Lord. As a filmmaker, she made movies with a female perspective. As a blogger, she’s shared the stories of female filmmakers, actresses, authors, and speakers. As a ministry leader, she’s worked with girls and women of all ages, teaching them and helping them to discover and share their unique stories. As a speaker, she loves sharing personal stories of the amazing things she’s witnessed God doing in her own life as well as in the lives of Bible women. Keep reading...

Rex Robinson is a well known artist in our community and across our nation. You will find his art displayed in the Owensboro Senior Community, also in many of our local businesses and corporations. He is the painter of the ROMP owl, and his mural, “The Blessing of Bluegrass,” is painted across the Hampton Inn downtown. His artistic creativity, along with a keen ear to hear God, gave him insight and brought about his most cherished display of biblical paintings, “Biblical truths,” which are on display at the Visual Art Center. He recently took an 8000 mile trip out West to draw closer to God, seeking Divine insight and inspiration from nature. Keep reading...

Jackie McCarthy did all the right things to take care of her body. She tried to eat right, exercise, and listened to her body. She had known for several years about her mitral valve prolapse and heart murmur. But when she noticed shortness of breath and fatigue after she exercised she knew something was up. She was told over and over again that her symptoms were “normal” and she started to wonder if she was being overly anxious. When her symptoms did not improve, her doctor suggested she see a cardiologist. She began to see a cardiologist every six weeks and her physician’s assistant closely monitored her visits. Keep reading...

Author Karen Sargent had dreamed of being an author since she was a little girl. She worked as an English teacher for several years, inspiring the next generation. But when she retired from teaching she had more time to reflect on her faith, her family, and her passion for writing. A concept she had when her daughter was only a few months old, Karen wrote the novel Waiting for Butterflies. Waiting for Butterflies went on to not only win the 2017 IAN Book of the Year,  but also 2017 IAN Outstanding Christian Fiction, 2017 Foreword Reviews Gold, and 2018 Christian Indies Award for Fiction. Keep reading...