Amazing Greats

Here is the story of a small town boy, who among other things, toured 1100 high schools across the country, spent a year in the Neitherlands,  hosted a talk radio show, helped found a thriving church 28 years ago and uses humor as a primary tool to introduce and share with people the love and grace of Jesus.  Rick Enloe, author of the book, "Low Hanging Truth"  is  an awesome story teller who learned the importance of tea...

What I love about this episode is how fun, human, unique and authentic our guest is.
His name is Keith Koldsbaek,  but from his story, in the next few minutes...you will also get to know more about hydroplane race driving legend  Chip Hanauer,  as well as Kaitlyn, Dee Dee and Bella.  You'll find out about how Nascar driver Jimmy Johnson ended up standing on the sponson of a hydroplane with hydroplane driver icon Bill Munc...

You'll love this story of a young "feeling" kid, who is ADHD, filled with anxiety and lacking in self confidence but ends up as a Super Bowl champion in the NFL and a sought after speaker and author.  In this episode we walk through the up and down seasons in the life of Seahawk's long snapper, Clint Gresham.
 As a boy growing up in Texas, church was always a part of his story....but it became the focus of ...

There are few people who have had more experience capturing the world of sports in the written word.  Particularly baseball and golf.  John Strege spent over 40 years sharing the highest and lowest moments in sports and everything in-between.  His one-on-one connection with sports stars and celebrities give him a unique frame of reference and has offered him a distinctive opportunity to share some of the most amazing stories in his...

He was the lead singer of one of the worlds most popular rock bands, and hung out  with the likes of Smokey Robinson, The Pointer Sisters, Earth Wind and Fire and more.   Leon Patillo was the lead singer for Santana and his music career was legendary.   In the late 70's his life pivoted and he made the dramatic switch to what turned out to be the very beginnings of Contemporary Christian Music.  Creating music that worshiped G...

Sometimes it takes a leap of faith.  Literally. 
It was a leap with no real landing spot for this creative genius when he packed his vehicle and headed off to the entertainment capital of LOS ANGELES.  His only destination for sure was a storage unit there for his possessions.  His wife and five kids were dropped off with friends in Redding and he was headed for a God inspired adventure into the wild world of acting....voice a...

An avid reader, a lover of the written word, this is the unlikely story of Arlyn Lawrence’s God inspired path from newspaper writer to magazine columnist to successful book editor, consultant and author.  Her company Inspira Literary Solutions has been instrumental in the publishing of literally hundreds of books.  Her company’s mission is to help writers; “ From idea in head, to book in hand”.  

She’ll share how her life long Chris...

How does an angry, alcoholic, drug addicted comic "flip the script" and become one of the most talented "clean" comedians in America?  Stand by......God's fingerprints are all over this story.  

Jeff Allen is one of the most sought after comedians, performing on stage, television, at corporate events and churches  with his hilarious observational comedy.  In the tradition of Cosby, Carlin,  and Sei...

K-Love Radio is heard on nearly 1000 radio signals in 48 states, Samoa, Puerto Rico and Washington DC.  It is by far the largest outlet for Contemporary Christian music in the world.   It is truly a phenomenon!  It started with one radio station in California with one guy's "God inspired" idea.  (Founder, Bob Anthony was our guest on episode 43 in season 2)

In this episode we get some of the inside scoop on ...

Carey Green is a pastor,  yes, but his amazing work in the world of podcasting has been his passion for the past decade.  His business, "Podcast Fast Track" provides coaching, and behind the scenes podcast detail work for his long list of clients.  But he's also a podcaster himself, with a daily audience of nearly 100,000 listeners. 
His Morning Mindset  was launched  on January of 2018 and thus far has over 47 ...

Our Amazing Greats episode today focuses on  the science of fitness combined with the power of spirituality.  Our guest, PJ Glassey, was our  guest to make the youngest alter call at the age of 6,  which launched a life long journey in Christ.  From that, combined with his passion for fitness, was the starting place for the birth of the XGyms and the XGym app.  His unique approach to fitness was built on 3 characteristics:  It is d...

Shannon Bream is an accomplished journalist, attorney, hosted Fox News@Night for years and now is Host of Fox News Sunday.  Add to that, she's a podcast host and an author.  We were excited to notch out a little time with this very busy woman for this Amazing Greats episode. 
We kick off our conversation by talking about her latest book  "The Love Stories of the Bible Speak"... an awesome glimpse of the Biblical...

Barry McGuire rocked  the world of Top 40 music with a brash,  scathing depiction of a world in turmoil.  His number one hit song  "Eve of Destruction"  focused on the chaos surrounding the  Vietnam war , the draft,  Nuclear weapons,  civil rights,  and communism.  It was so controversial,  some radio stations and some countries banned the song from the airwaves.  It jumped to the the top of billboard magazine in 1965, bu...

The smiling face and genuine personality of television host and newscaster Penny LeGate has graced Northwest homes for over 2 decades.  As co-host of  KING TV's Evening Magazine and morning anchor on KIRO news she was (is) a star.   

On this Amazing Greats podcast she is authentic, vulnerable and opens up about her life's victories and struggles (...and we didn't even get a chance  to talk about her husband&...

Bobb Biel has been sharing common sense (God inspired) mentoring to business executives for the past 40+ years.  Over 500 companies and churches and 5000 executives have reached out to this brilliant behind-the-scenes leader for guidance.  His mission is to strengthen leaders and provide support helping them to grow their organizations on solid, tested principals.

In our conversation,  Bobb shares how his doubt-filled tee...

Sit back and enjoy the story of a young man, who at an early age was able to merge his two loves into a lifetime career and mission.  You’ll hear about a very specific day, time and place when he made a decision to trust Jesus.  

After several years pitching In the minor leagues, Mickey  made it to the majors by discovering the pitch style that he became noted for.  That’s what opened the door to a bigger platform and oppo...

Mike McCoy was  a star at Notre Dame then off to an 11 year NFL award winning career as defensive tackle with Green Bay.   In todays amazing story of his life and career you'll hear about his time in football, but maybe more powerful was his transition into prison ministry, and then to his youth mission,  sharing the Gospel with young people in Catholic schools throughout America:  Mike McCoy Ministries.

From a tough...

Brian Arnold was a professionally trained card shark.  He made over 4 million dollars by age 24!   He played the "peripheral edges" of the Mafia when they had BIG games to knock off.   And..he also became suicidal.  Brian was seconds away from pulling the trigger, and divine intervention stepped in. 

He had a powerful spiritual experience, and was delivered “instantly” from his depression, darkness, hopelessness, and found...

God is up to something among Generation Z.  Young people at Asbury University and dozens of other college campuses across the country are experiencing a movement of love and connection with Jesus that has grabbed the attention of people around the world.  Not unlike the Jesus movement of the 60s and 70s a youth revival seems to have taken  shape. 
On this episode of Amazing Greats, Pastor Doug Hankins a theological revival his...