Benson Gregory Podcast

Benson talks to Jessamine County Homeless Coalition Executive Director Johnny Templin and Director of Operations April McCubbins about their urgent needs to assist people of Jessamine County who are living on the streets. April shares her story of living homeless on the streets of Lexington, Ky and how her journey led her to eventually become the Director of Operations. There are plenty of opportunities to become involved with thei...

Today we visit with Mission of Hope Executive Director David Heatherly to learn about their scholarship program. We talk about ways to keep Kentucky's at risk children in school and encourage them from a young age to pledge to graduate. For those going on to college Mission of Hope awards scholarships that come with mentors to help encourage them along their journey. We also catch up on all things Mission of Hope related and sh...

On this program Benson Gregory has a long overdue conversation with Laura Baxter to catch up with all that has been going on in her ministry in Honduras over the past two years. Laura tells us a little about life during the pandemic and how God has led her to be a missionary to missionaries and their children. We talk about some of the unique challenges she's faced, how she's adapted and how you can help her serve those who serve.

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Today Executive Director Emmette Thompson catches us up on the latest with Mission of Hope, and introduces us to David Heatherly the incoming Executive Director. David tells us about his background and talks about Mission of Hope's efforts to collect items for the Appalachian region of Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. 

Since 1996, the Mission of Hope has ministered to the people of various counties in Kentucky and Tennessee f...

It's that time of year when we start taking about thankfulness and gratitude, but having an attitude of gratitude isn't easy for everyone. Some people face the holiday season with with extra feelings of loss and emptiness. If you have lost a loved-one or your life isn't working out the way you want depression, grief and sadness are factors of daily life and the holiday season can intensify those feelings of loss.

Joannie DeBrito, l...

Tuesday November 8, 2022 in Kentucky we will be voting on 2 proposed amendments to the Kentucky Constitution. One of the proposed amendments is very long, maybe a little confusing and is full of lawyer/politician speak. The other is short and direct. The first deals with the Kentucky General Assembly's emergency powers and the ability to call themselves into special session instead of that power residing exclusively with the Kentuc...

Listen in as I chat with Rob Harlamert about the first anniversary of his plant Elevate Christian Church in Lexington, KY. It's been one year since Rob Harlamert, Andrew Dawson and their team officially launched Elevate Christian Church. What challenges did they face? How are things going now? What lessons have they learned? What is Elevate like? What does the future hold for Elevate Christian Church in Lexington, KY? And we even t...

Are you depressed? Is someone you love dealing with depression?

My guest this week, Paul Asay, author of Beauty in the Browns: Walking with Christ in the Darkness of Depression (Focus on the Family, 2021), has first-hand experience with the depths of depression. Not only has he cared for his son who struggles with mental illness, but he’s felt the effects of depression himself throughout his life.

“It’s a dark room th...

My guest today is Paul Asay Sr Associate Editor of PluggedIn.com an author and dad. We're talking about selfie culture and how comparison can harm your (and your child's) mental health. We discuss some steps to take to help mitigate the harmful effects of social media, ways to make sure you are staying in the moment and not trapped behind a screen, and we even discuss some photography tips and tricks. (Save some money by shooting y...

Listen in as Benson chats with Mission of Hope Executive Director Emmette Thompson about this year's Christmas school delivery of toys, clothes and hygiene items. You can even find a link to help directly. 

Since 1996, the Mission of Hope has ministered to the people of various counties in Kentucky and Tennessee from which 80% of the region’s residents no longer have jobs in the coal mining industry.

Many of the people we assi...

Visit with Lead Pastor and Church Planter Rob Harlamert - Rob talks about what led him to planting a church on the south side of Lexington, KY and those who influenced and guided him along his journey.

When Rob graduated from Johnson University and joined the staff of Catalyst Christian Church in Nicholasville, KY he didn't know he would be called to plant a new church just a few miles from the church where he was hired to be ...

Listen in as I talk about how God took a bad situation and worked it together for good in my life. No guest this time, just me talking about a dark period in my life where I had lost my job, and thought my career had ended. I was discouraged and confused. I wasn't sure where to go next. Nothing made sense. But once that final piece came together I could look back and see that God was leading me the whole time. I was getting an educ...

Laura Baxter tells us how God prepared her to answer a big call to leave a successful, happy life in Central Kentucky and move to Honduras to minister to women escaping the sex industry. She had very little financial support, knew very few people and barely spoke the language, but she knew this is what God wanted her to do. She left home for a life far outside the comfort zone for most of us. But helping rescue women from sex traff...

Host Benson Gregory talks with Ked Frank, President and Founder of Refuge for Women about human trafficking, the sex industry and the work Refuge for Women is doing to help rescue women and give them a better life.

Refuge for Women, Incorporate, a 501(c)3 organization, formed in January, 2009 in Lexington, KY, and was founded by Ked and Michelle Frank. Ked currently serves as the President of the national Refuge for Women organizat...

In this episode Benson Gregory sits down with Laura Carr Executive Director of Lexington Rescue Mission and her father Jim Connell the former Executive Director and founder who just retired. We talk about the call God put on Jim's life, and the path he took to come to Lexington, Kentucky from Indiana, and found the Lexington Rescue Mission. Laura tells us what it's like to work with family, and how she never saw herself filling her...