Guest Speakers

Art Kopicky and Ray Frey, longtime Teleios leaders, join us to explore how these small men's groups help members achieve balance in life, positive relationships & growth in Christ.

Dr. John Trent, Sherman Smith and Rod Handley walk us through this rarely discussed plague that haunts more of us than we’ll ever know.

Ichabod Caine is our very special guest at today's His Deal e-gathering.

Today we visit with experts to help prepare your children for adulthood. Our special guests: Jonathan and Erica Catherman.

BRAD DACUS is Founder and President of Pacific Justice Institute, a non-profit, legal defense organization.

Our interview today leaves a powerful, lasting impression, guaranteed. Hear how Jim and Kathy Speer are dealing with their life-threatening crisis.

Ed's a 5-time, #1 best-selling author, highly sought-after keynote speaker and business consultant, a devoted family man and follower of Jesus Christ.

Does God have the time or the inclination to be involved in what car you drive?

You’ll enjoy and profit from spending this hour with one delightful couple whom you’ll not forget.‍

Four His Deal men, separated by 5,200 miles, will give us first-hand accounts of what drew them to this mysterious country, what their life is like there and what they sense God has in mind for this land of 146,000,000 souls.

The globe-trotting, affable, approachable president of John Brown University will win you over post haste.

Doug and Olga actively support the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and many other organizations which present hope in Jesus Christ to their fellow Kentuckians. This is one easy-to-love twosome.

This amazing couple believes in “keeping it real,” so you'll hear straight talk, no curveballs in this no-holds-barred, raucous, righteous visit.

Born in India, a UW grad in Computer Science with an MBA, years of experience with a global tech firm and six years as an executive pastor. “Jed” has the tools and temperament to bring us perspective and hope.

From Seattle’s Roosevelt High School to the Soviet’s Kremlin DOUG has forged deep relationships with thousands of world leaders and wide-eyed teens. His is a life found in novels and movies. He’s at home with presidents, prime ministers and people who make the news and with us at His Deal. As President of Young Life, he led thousands who offered Christ to the next generation.

That broad-shouldered, Kevin Costner look-alike is head honcho at swanky, 5-star Willows Lodge in Woodinville, Washington, one of the nation's “Top 500 hotels” and the “Northwest's #1 Resort.” The former GM of the world-famous Beverly Hilton pampers his hospitality-plus team as well as his guests. Considering his record-setting performance as quarterback for the University of Washington, you would not expect one so humble. But since he willingly knows that God calls all the plays, Denny patiently waits to hear his Master’s voice.

When it seems like it's 'game on' against you, it matters who's calling your signals. After taking snaps for the Rams, 49ers, Seahawks and Eagles, JEFF still gets excited for Game Day. These days that occurs in a boardroom, at a men’s retreat or in a counseling session. Facing a wall of Goliaths who have quarterbacks for lunch, JEFF trains men to rely on the wisdom of God’s Playbook and His assistants who wrote it. It’s time to suit up. He’s about to take us into his huddle and reveal “3 Steps to Kick Your Blitzes.”‍

“How Will You Lead, Keeping Your Social Distance?” As a leader, it’s more important than ever to know how to read these chaotic times, to make sense of them, to understand our stakeholders’ pressing concerns, then lead by serving them passionately. His deep experience as an innovator, educator, author, entrepreneur and minister-to-the-marketplace uniquely position ANDRE to define reality and deliver a message of hope.

Imagine being with someone whose every word you want to capture for recall later as needed? You instantly trust him because he’s dangled over the rim of life’s ultimate canyon. And survived. A body surfing mishap mangled his body and could have stolen his will to live. But not so for this boy-ish quadriplegic package of joy and optimism. Custom-outfitted with the full armor of God, Todd has learned so much the hard way so that you can face calamities with confidence.

What would you do if a year ago you were told you had only six months to live? “Stage 4 lung cancer!” If you’re Pat O’Day, you’d hitch up your never-say-die DNA, keep selling real estate and playing golf, knowing your days are numbered.

In 1,500-plus speaking gigs in 1,000-plus schools Jonathan trains students, educators and parents in how to prepare tweens, teens and 20-somethings to be all God has equipped them tobe. His clients? Navy SEALs, Army National Guard, dozens of top tier universities, Rotary International, et al. His appearance on Focus on the Family’s radio broadcast was voted their “Best of the Year.” This affable, rising star knows what motivates today’s emerging generations. As a prolific author he’s on a roll with a string of Amazon Best Sellers and #1 New Releases. If you have young people in your life, this will be one of your most helpful, inspiring experiences.‍

One of the brightest stars ever in the Pacific Northwest, PAT built the biggest radio station in Seattle’s history, the one every musician and DJ wanted to be on…the first in America to play a Beatles record. Its audience was 7x larger than today’s most listened to Seattle stations. He ran the country’s largest concert promotion company, booking the earth’s biggest rock stars including Elvis. Along the way his glam life was hijacked by Jack Daniels and cocaine. But, thank God, this prodigal son has recently returned home. What a story!

If you and I worked for General Motors whose mission is to make the world’s finest automobiles, it would behoove us to get on board with that as our mission too. God’s Son said He came to earth “to seek and to save those who are lost.” In other words, those who are not on board with His mission. SEAN gets it! Since 2016 his innovative, online evangelism, while saturating social media, has welcomed more than 200,000 “lost” souls to God’s family. If this continues to grow at its current, year-over-year pace of 85%, his organization, Groundwire, will have led one million people to place their faith in Jesus Christ by the end of 2022. His video commercials are being viewed some 30,000,000 times per month! More than 200,000 viewers click through to his websites, JesusCares.com and WhenLifeHurts.com, and as many as 700 of them accept Jesus DAILY!‍

Blessed with a loving family and an education that opened a world of possibilities, still this 20-something, rough-and-ready Texan had no clue about how to make his mark in life. Now, many years later, CHESTER (“CHET”) STEWART is one of his state’s best-known, widely-honored, most generous business leaders. His career positions him at a turning point in his clients’ lives. Learn how one man finds the joy of living where you’d least expect it.

Fearless ex-Marine combat pilot … red hot author … sizzling speaker … a new-business-a-minute cyclotron. With your ideas and his he’ll create a flight path for “Life After COVID-19.”‍

What can you learn from a man who’s worked inside two of the most productive Christian organizations ever, not counting the original disciples? He’s trained the people who’ve introduced Jesus to multiple millions all over the world. Mentored by our wise friend, Bobb Biehl, Bob’s credentials sparkle with awe and admiration for this teacher of teachers. He obsessively studies the practices of the greatest Communicator ever. And he’s “passionate about seeing leaders grow and multiply their effectiveness.” Will you be one of those leaders?

You’ll get a new lens to see life by spending this joyful hour with the co-author of The Blessing: Giving the Gift of Unconditional Love and Acceptance. JOHN describes the powerful impact this book had on my family and millions of others: “Every child, in every home, deserves to have at least ONE person in their life who is CRAZY about them. The Blessing is a biblical tool that can help YOU communicate unconditional love as an unshakable foundation for HEALTH and wholeness – without spoiling or giving false praise to a child that crumbles as they face the challenges and hurts in real-life.”

As a U.S. Marine fighter pilot, Ed Rush Jr. flew fifty combat missions over Iraq. Here are the inspiring remarks he delivered at His Deal’s “Annual Appreciation Lunch” on Oct. 2, 2018.

It's not easy to make a name for yourself when the person whose cleats you must fill is Sonny Sixkiller. But our keynote speaker did that in stride, setting Husky rushing records in the 1970s that were unapproachable for decades. After four years at the University of Washington, he began his all-star career in the hospitality industry, manning the front desk at Seattle's venerable

This remarkably tireless grandpa has been Spec. Ass’t to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Dir. of Public Affairs of the Office of the Air Force Secretary. He flew our POW’s out of Hanoi and commanded the Warhawks jet acrobatic team. In his “retirement” he’s been Pres. of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Exec. Dir. of Campus Crusade’s global Military Ministry.

For 40 years hundreds of America’s top tier executives have relied on BOBB to teach them how to lead, plan, hire and fire. As an executive mentor and board member he’s invested some 50,000 hours in private sessions with some of the finest leaders of our generation. What he’s learned is all yours from the comfort of your shelter-in-place.

Dan is President of Loney Financial in Langley, B.C. He’s on the Advisory Council for Manulife Bank Canada, a worldwide financial services group. He’s a Director of Focus on the Family Canada. He and his wife Joy have raised 35 children, 14 of whom live with them now! They have a 100-child orphanage in Guatemala, lead Bobb Biehl consulting and leadership seminars

Raised in the home of a famous politician and pro sports star, you might think that success was a slam-dunk for Jeff. Au contraire. Living in a stratosphere where your every statistic is measured, and your performance is constantly compared with the best-in-class, your fellow travelers are stress, pressure and expectations. His eleven, up-and-down seasons as an NFL