The Catch with John Fischer

Rob Stutzman is founder and president of Stutzman Public Affairs, a Sacramento based firm specializing in campaigns, communications and crisis management.

For over 20 years, Mr. Stutzman has been at the center of some of California’s most epic policy and political events, including the last five governor’s races and numerous statewide ballot measures.

Mr. Stutzman is a third generation Californian. He is a frequent speaker on California politics and public policy and regularly appears on television news shows as a political commentator. His opinion articles have been published in most major California newspapers.

Glenn Kaiser came to saving faith in 1971 during the Jesus Movement, serves as a musician, jail/prison chaplain, pastor and blogger at Jesus People in Chicago's inner-city Uptown neighborhood. He and wife Wendi fronted Resurrection Band. Glenn now performs solo and with the Glenn Kaiser Band. His latest release, Swamp Gas Messiahs, is a collection of 18 prophetic challenges against the social injustice of this current culture.

Os Guinness is an author and social critic. Great-great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer, he was born in China in World War II where his parents were medical missionaries. A witness to the climax of the Chinese revolution in 1949, he was expelled with many other foreigners in 1951 and returned to Europe where he was educated in England. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of London and his D.Phil in the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford. Os has written or edited more than thirty books.

As a pioneer voice in the genre, Becker carved out her own spot amongst the CCM greats with radically truthful songs and edgy performances that shook the industry. At the time, audiences had never seen a female rocker who wrote songs packed with veracity. A trailblazer among her peers, Becker earned 4 Grammy nominations, 4 Dove awards, 7 SESAC Artist of the Year awards, more than 20 No. 1 radio singles and sold millions of records. Now and an author, speaker and producer, she aids new young Millennial artists in finding their own voice. Now, she’s able to plant seeds of hope into others as they go out to perform, growing the scope of her influence exponentially.

Since the 1960’s Dick Staub’s work has focused on understanding faith and culture and interpreting each to the other. After years of interviewing the shapers of American culture ~ authors, futurists, theologians, filmmakers, musicians, philosophers, business leaders, educators, politicians, trend-watchers and others ~ Dick Staub is one of today’s most experienced and thoughtful observers of belief in contemporary culture.

Peggy Wehmeyer covered religion and culture for ABC News for 7 years, with award winning stories appearing on World News Tonight, 20/20 and Good Morning America.  Before that, she reported and anchored for Channel 8 news in Dallas.

Peggy is currently a writer living in Dallas and contributes opinion pieces to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Dallas Morning News.

A modern-day troubadour, Steve composes eloquent songs and sings them in his charming vocal style, accompanied by rootsy guitar riffs and storytelling prowess that are uniquely his own. He uses these remarkable gifts to share a message of hope that resonates deeply within the hearts and souls of fans, providing both solace and inspiration. Despite having flown under the radar in terms of media recognition, Steve Bell’s career statistics are striking. To date he has put out a total of 20 albums which have sold well over 400,000 copies independently.

Phil Keaggy is one of the most admired and innovative guitarists in music today. His name has often been spoken in the same breath with stars like Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. A master of both electric rock and acoustic finger style, he has been honing his craft for over 50 years. He continues to sell out concerts all over the United States with his ever-changing style, ranging from rock-and-roll to fully orchestrated instrumental compositions.

Mike is the Founder and CEO of the Leadership Institute For Entrepreneurs (LIFE). LIFE is focused on equipping entrepreneurs with the skills to create, build, fund, grow, and scale their businesses through content, courses, coaching, capital, and community.

Mike started his career as an NRC licensed nuclear power plant Reactor Operator and then moved into training design and delivery. As the power utilities began to deregulate he formed a consulting company focused on rapid, large-scale change management and culture transformation.

On the non-profit side, Mike was a Founder and the Executive Director of a non-profit operating in more than 150 countries over a 15-year time span. During his tenure, the organization launched two global networks; one focused on business development and the other on disaster preparedness and response.

Mike has a strong faith-based orientation to business. He also has a prophetic gift to see the current culture in terms of the past and the future. We will be asking Mike to help us make sense of the current cultural chaos.

Randall Herbert Balmer is an American historian of American religion. He taught at Barnard College and Columbia University for twenty-seven years before moving to Dartmouth College in 2012, where he was named the Mandel Family Professor in the Arts & Sciences. He is currently the John Phillips Professor in Religion at Dartmouth. He is also an Episcopal priest.

Randall has published 10 books, among them Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America, which was turned into a popular PBS series, and God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. His newest book to be released in February, which will be the subject of our interview is Solemn Reverence: The Separation of church and state in America.