In 2006 I interviewed Tricia and Melissa Brock, the sister team behind the Christian pop band, Superchic[k] for my book, God Unplugged. I was astonished by the way God showed up in their young lives. Melissa One day, my mom and I were driving to my grandpa’s house to celebrate his birthday. She needed to stop at her seamstress’ house on the way. When we arrived, my mom parked the car in the driveway that was at an upward incline. She said she’d be just a second and told me to sit there and wait. Well, being four years old, I didn’t “just wait.” I decided to mess with things in […]
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Thank You Note From Charlie Daniels
I had the privilege of interviewing country music legend, Charlie Daniels, for my first book, How Do You Know He’s Real? He was so sweet and humble that I felt like I’d known him all my life. Even though we aren’t related by blood, Charlie and I are still in the same family, the family of God, and I can rightfully call him my brother. During our interview, Charlie shared some powerful insight into his faith: One of the hardest things for people to understand about the gospel message is that it is so simple; it’s not the very complicated thing we tend to try and make it. There is nothing you […]
Read more...Comedienne Susan Isaacs on GOD UNPLUGGED
Susan E. Isaacs is a writer and performer with credits in TV, film, stage, and radio. She has appeared in films such as Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and Scrooged and on TV shows such as Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, My Name is Earl, and many others. Despite all those accomplishments, Susan managed to screw up every lucky break she ever had, and by age forty was jobless, loveless and living over a garage. Her rocky relationship with God needed professional help, so she took Him to couples counseling. She chronicles her “middle class white girl’s dark night of the soul” in Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic […]
Read more...Recording Artist Jontez Shares Story of Miraculous Healing
Though a new face to many, Jontez has spent over a decade in the business. A child prodigy at 12, he received regional acclaim through a ministry-focused Tejano band before finding himself in a worship leadership position at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ Potter’s House. In addition to his time with God’s Property, where he had the opportunity to share the stage with the likes of Amy Grant, Jaci Velasquez and Point of Grace, Jontez spent time in the hip-hop group Mankynd. Jontez has wide appeal from Black Gospel to pop audiences, thanks to his own personal blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop and Latin influences. Jontez has made numerous television appearances on […]
Read more...unChristian-How Christians are Failing the Church
A generation of young Americans is rejecting a Christianity they perceive to be antihomosexual, too political, and hypocritical, according to a new study from the Barna Group. The findings, presented in a new book, reveal what Christianity looks like to people ages 16-29 outside the church. unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity…and Why It Matters is a portrait of a faith and its followers perceived to be anything but Christlike. A huge chunk of a new generation has concluded they want nothing to do with Christianity. The title of the book, unChristian, reflects their most common reaction to the faith: they think Christians are no longer what […]
Read more...Restoring Order on This Week’s Episode of GOD UNPLUGGED
This week’s (April 3) guest on GOD UNPLUGGED is Vicki Norris, the founder and president of Restoring Order, a professional organizing firm serving a national clientele. She is also a television personality, motivational speaker and the author of several books. If your life sometimes feels disordered and out of control, now is the time to take back control and take another step toward reaching your God-given potential by restoring order. Proverbs 24:3-4 demonstrates that applied knowledge should come after wisdom: “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.” Vicki will share organizing truths, principles and […]
Read more...Olympic Gold Medalist Featured on GOD UNPLUGGED
This week’s guest on GOD UNPLUGGED IS Olympic Gold Medalist Brandon Slay, who won the top accolade for Freestyle Wrestling at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. The journey God took Brandon on to the Games is fascinating! Since the Olympics, Brandon has operated an organization called Greater Gold, which prepares young people to reach their full academic and athletic potential while planting seeds of Biblical truth. Slay travels across the nation conducting wrestling clinics, speaking to youth groups, churches, schools and corporations. (www.brandonslay.com) During each 60-minute episode of GOD UNPLUGGED, host Amy Hagberg will chat with famous authors, actors, athletes, and recording artists about their faith. […]
Read more...This week’s guest on GOD UNPLUGGED is water skiing legend, Kristi Overton Johnson. Kristi is an 8-time U.S. Masters Champion and a 4-time U.S. Open Women’s Slalom Champion. She has held the world record in women’s slalom since 1992 and has been ranked #1 in the world more times than any other professional women’s slalom competitor in history. But the most amazing thing about her career is that she has achieved much of her success despite the presence of a birth defect that limits her ability to walk and run without pain. During each 30-minute episode of GOD UNPLUGGED I’ll chat with famous authors, actors, athletes and recording artists […]
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