08/27/2024
Once in a while I’m asked who I’ve met through my travels (mostly work, some play). To be honest I can’t remember them all. This pretty typical for media folk. But it’s neat to meet people you hear about and realize they generally want to be treated like a human being and not a somebody. …here’s my attempt to list those national figures I’ve met.
Tim Keller
Jesse Jackson
Mike Huckabee
Josh McDowell
Grant Jeffries
Hal Lindsey
David Jeremiah
Rahm Emanuel
Janet Parshall
Toni Eareckson Tada
Lori Lightfoot
Kendrick Brothers
Dennis Prager
Lee Strobel
Don Jackson
Eric Metaxas
Franklin Graham
John Ortberg
Tony Evans
Max Lucado
Chip Ingram
Crawford Loritz
John Perkins
Robert Jeffress
Chris Chelios
Alonzo Spellman
Jim Fregosi
Len Dykstra
Kent Graham
Don Beebe
Priscilla Shirer
Chonda Pierce
Ben Carson
Lisa & Al Robertson
Roma Downey
Mark Burnett
Nik Wallenda
Richard Roberts
Bill Bright
Ravi Zacharias
Ray Comfort
Kirk Cameron
Ralph Winter
George Barna
June Hunt
Ken Ham
Gleason Archer
Nick Vujicic
Chuck Long
Kay Arthur
Frank Turek
Voddie Baucham
Doug Wilson
Victoria Jackson
Pat Boone
Chuck Swirsky
Tom Paciorek
Hawk Harrelson
Kurt Warner - I think when he was in arena football
Shot but not met:
Hillary Clinton
Christopher Reeves
Walter Payton
James Dobson
Oral Roberts
Cardinal Bernadine
Michael Jr.
Charles Stanley
Luis Palau
R.W. Schambach
Tony Campolo
Jim Baker
David Platt
Wayne Grudem
Albertina Walker
Cece Winans
Kirk Franklin
Fred Hammond
PFR
Rend Collective
Stephen Curtis Chapman
Emmylou Harris
Phil Wickham
‘93 Bears
‘99 Giants and Eagles
Those I’ve edited:
Harrison Ford
Michael W. Smith
Paul Overstreet
Tucker Carlson
Richard M. Daley
Lincoln Brewster
Donald Trump
Joel Osteen
Francis Chan
Matt Chandler
J.D. Jakes
Andrew Wommack
Steven Furtick
Jim Daly
Ann Graham Lotz
Mark Driscoll
Brian “Head” Welch
Gary Chapman
J.D. Greer
Gavin MacLeod
Albert Mohler
Alistair Begg
Efrim Smith
Seen up up close:
Michael Jordan
Dennis Rodman
Scottie Pippen
Red Kerr
Ryne Sandberg
Vladimir Putin
Queen Elisabeth
Harry Caray
Andrea Bocelli
Musicians I’ve met:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
John McEuen
Phil Keaggy
Buddy Greene
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Sam Bush
Tim O’Brien & the O’Boys
Hot Rize
Ricky Skaggs
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert
Kane Welch Kaplin
Nickel Creek
Newsboys
Janet Parshall
Glad
New Tradition
Pat Flynn
Jonathon McReynolds
Rich Mullins
Jars of Clay
Point of Grace
Smokie Robinson
Susan Ashton
Cheri Keaggy
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
Andraé Crouch
Pops Staples
Matthew West
for King & Country
Glenn Kaiser
4Him
Twila Paris
First Call
Amy Shreve
Jesse Dixon
Zach Williams
James Blackwood
Paul Ferrin
Bruce Carroll
Glen Payne (Cathedral Quartet)
….and I was almost taken out by a Tom Waddle sideline catch in ‘93. Good times.