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The opioid crisis in our country is staggering, and Kentucky is certainly feeling the brunt of the epidemic. Right across the street from the Lyric Theatre, you'll find the front lines of the battle against addiction in our state in the UK Polk Dalton Clinic. This...

I've always had a fascination from afar with sequoias. It probably stems from their appearance as the home of the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi, and ever since then, I've longed to visit them for myself. They are the largest trees in the world. One of them, named...

When you pull out the nativity scene to set up around Christmas, Anna and Simeon are nowhere to be found. In fact, I can't remember a single sermon on these two people who, in terms of the greater Christmas story, are barely a blip on the radar. They appear on the...

yAfter 11 months  gathering at 5:30pm at Grace Baptist Church, this Sunday marks our first weekend at the Lyric Theatre - and our first service at 11am! This is obviously a big change for our community, so as we head into the weekend, here's an idea of what to expect,...

Let's face it. Conflict is HARD! But if we avoid it or handle it in unhealthy ways, we simply deepen the divide in our relationships and never grow in our faith. This past weekend, Justin opened up our "Around The Table" series by talking about handling conflict in a...

You can have all the right answers, great theology, and be active in many capacities and in advancing the good in our world, but... If you don't know how to deal with the stuff of real life relationships in a healthy way, you're likely going to do as much harm than...

I don't see color. Maybe you've said it. You've suddenly been confronted with a conversation about race, and your natural instinct is to express your desire of being colorblind - a well-meaning expression that intends to downplay the differences between us. I've said...

We are on the move. If you missed last night's announcement, our Sunday gatherings are moving to the historic Lyric Theatre beginning December 3rd! And that's not the only change. We are moving the time of our services from 5:30pm to 11am! This is obviously a big...

"We are in a perpetual state of trauma." These were the words of an artist I follow on social media Monday morning as the news from Las Vegas began rolling in. I resonated with this statement. The last month has seen hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, floods, and now the...

There is a low hanging fog along the trail that hides the horizon. Judging by the parking lot, I'm the only one here today. I make my way don't the grassy path a ways, past the tree line and around the corner to the massive oak with the table underneath. I cannot see...