The Catch with John Fischer

We're excited to talk about the impact of soccer around the world and the World Cup 2014 with Don Brenneman of Sports Outreach. This is going to be fun!!

Learn more about Sports Outreach at www.sportsoutreach.net

Join us for a conversation with Michael O'Connor, author of Sermon on the Mound: Finding God at the Heart of the Game.

There is God and baseball. Everything else is sports and religion, says Michael O'Connor, who came to know Christ as a result of Bill Buckner's famous error in the 1986 World Series. The game of baseball may seem an unlikely parallel to God's working in a heart and life-but for Michael O'Connor it was and is. With the perfect blend of wry humor and baseball anecdotes, the book entertains as it teaches valuable lessons about the Christian life, God's will, and much more.

Please join us for a conversation with Pam Mark Hall.

"Thirty-six years ago, I was fortunate enough to be surrounded by a group of artists called “Discovery Art Guild” (DAG). The group was led by my mentor — author, speaker and musician, John Fischer. We all met weekly to study how the Bible was relevant to the Arts. As a result of DAG’s support, I recorded Flying and This Is Not A Dream.

Surprisingly, these two recordings took off on a national level and received numerous awards. In 1977, I felt honored that Record World Magazine selected me as the top Contemporary Christian Artist of the year. Along with John Fischer, I was considered one of the pioneers of the early “Jesus Music” movement." - PMH

For more info, please visit her official website at www.pammarkhall.com

Join John on May 6th with his special guest, John Shirk from the Sacrificial Poet Project.

John is a poet. Not a very good one, maybe, he thinks, but he is a very good guy who writes poetry. John is also a 10 year veteran of the Chicago poetry slam and open mic scenes and is friends with some of the best poets and spoken word artists in the known universe. All of it. He also wrote a book about being a poet who follows Jesus in a place where lots of people don't care to. It's very interesting. I recommend reading it. John has been instrumental in the vision and shaping of the Sacrificial Poet Project from it's very inception. Even before it's inception. Pre-inception, if you will. He is one poet who really knows how to promote faith conversations through the art of spoken word poetry without inflicting egotistical carnage on unsuspecting poets in the name of truth. You can find him in Chicago at the In One Ear open mic, Mental Graffiti, and Weeds. Tell him we said hello.

We are excited to have Randy Stonehill join us on the the show Tuesday, April 29th.

The story of Randy Stonehill coming to Los Angeles in 1970 to apply for the job of “rock star” but finding Jesus instead has been told and retold innumerable times – often by Randy himself in songs like “Norman’s Kitchen”. His friendship with Larry Norman throughout the ‘70s has been celebrated in tunes and liner notes and more recently examined in the documentary film Fallen Angel. The contribution of this singer & songwriter over these forty some years has been substantial – in first pioneering popular rock music with a Christian point of view and later demonstrating a consistency in holding to the faith through the trials and tribulations of ordinary life.

Randy was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1985 for his duet with Amy Grant and in 1988 CCM Magazine acclaimed his 1976 album Welcome to Paradise as among the top three most influential albums in the contemporary Christian genre.

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Join us for our conversation with Tony Campolo on this episode of The Catch on BlogTalkRadio.

Tony is professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University, a former faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, and the founder and president of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education. He has written more than 35 books. He is one of the founders of the Red Letter Christian movement and blogs regularly at his website, RedLetterChristians.org, and can also be found on both Facebook and Twitter. Dr. Campolo and his wife Peggy live near Philadelphia and have two children and four grandchildren.

In November 2012, Tony Campolo received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Youth Worker’s Convention. The wording on the award is: “Award of Lifetime Achievement is proudly presented to Tony Campolo who has defined and courageously pioneered what is means to encourage, care and lead students, possessing the qualities that inspire us and provoke us to continue the journey into the future with boldness and confidence. As a result of Tony’s life of ministry and leadership he has left a legacy of encouragement and hope to youth workers and students everywhere.”

Join us as we have a conversation with Leonard Sweet on this episode of The Catch on BlogTalkRadio.

Leonard Sweet is a scholar of USAmerican culture;  a semiotician who "sees things the rest of us do not see, and dreams possibilities that are beyond most of our imagining;" and a preacher and best-selling author who communicates the gospel with a signature bridging of the worlds of faith, academe, and popular culture. In 2006 and 2007, Len was voted by his peers “One of the 50 Most Influential Christians in America” by ChurchReport Magazine, and in 2010, he was selected by the top non-English Christian website as one of the “Top 10 Influential Christians of 2010.”

His popular podcast, “Napkin Scribbles,” is widely quoted, and his weekly sermon contributions to sermons.com have made that site the top preaching resource for pastors in North America. For nine years, he and his wife wrote the entire content for the weekly preaching resource Homiletics. In 2005 Len introduced the first open-source preaching resource on the Web, wikiletics.com.  Len’s microblogs on twitter and facebook rank as two of the most influential social media sites in the world.  You can find some of Len’s talks on his youtube channel, www.youtube.com/lenssweetspots.  

Len is a popular and highly sought-after speaker throughout North America and around the world. In the past couple of years he has spoken in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, England, Wales, South Africa, South Korea, Iceland, Scotland, and most recently, China, Indonesia, and Latvia.

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We are excited to have Os Guinness join us on the show.

Os Guinness is an author and social critic. Great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer, he was born in China in World War II where both his parents and grandparents were medical missionaries – his grandfather having had the privilege of treating the Empress Dowager, the Last Emperor and the Imperial family. A survivor of the terrible Henan famine of 1943, in which five million died in three months, including his two brothers, Os was a witness to the climax of the Chinese revolution in 1949 and the beginning of the reign of terror under Mao Tse Tung. 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 thirty books on a wide range of themes, including The American Hour, Time for Truth, The Call, Invitation to the Classics, Long Journey Home, Unspeakable, and A Case for Civility. His latest book is A Free People’s Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future, published by InterVarsity Press in August, 2012.

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We welcome Paul Clark to the show on April 1st!

Paul is recognized as one of the founding fathers of the Jesus Movement and the Contemporary Christian Music industry. During his 13

year association with Word Records in the 1970's and 1980's, Paul's songwriting, record producing and avant-garde artistry placed him

in the forefront along with artists like Phil Keaggy, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Love Song, Larry Norman, Andre Crouch, Honeytree, Keith

Green, Randy Stonehill, Barry McGuire, and many others.

Not resting on his laurels, Paul's life after CCM fame didn't slide into cruise control. Fueled by the joy of the Lord, Paul has continued his allegiance to proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. Even though he has completed 18 solo recording projects, written over 500 songs, produced records for other artists, served as worship leader/pastor, and has been a internationally published photographer and author, Paul's voyage presses on.

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Rebecca Bender is more than just a survivor of domestic Sex Trafficking.  She is an award winning, internationally recognized speaker, author and Survivor Leader in the movement to eradicate modern day slavery. 

Her testimony of redemption, escaping a life of sex trafficking, can be read in her first book Roadmap to Redemption, which has helped hundreds of victims find hope. 

Finishing her master's degree in Christian Thought, Rebecca is also the mother of four children and lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their family. Her engaging speaking surpasses the ability to help bring awareness to the issue of modern day slavery but helps us all change the mindset of our culture. 

She received the Unlikely Hero Award in 2013 for her advocacy work with both domestic and international victims of human trafficking.  Rebecca is a sought after Public Speaker, Trainer and Evangelist, having been featured at many conferences and events. She brings a presence with her whether she is speaking and training at secular or faith based event. You do not want to miss out on having Rebecca Bender at your next event.

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