Bio

It is common to be asked for a bio before a speaking event. Venues often want a bio to put on promotional material, print in retreat notebooks, and use to introduce a speaker. What is the purpose of all this? Is it to say, “Hey, you really need to come hear this person! Look at what they have done!” 

I wonder what John the Baptist’s bio would have looked like? Looks good in camel hair and likes a steady diet of locust with wild honey for dessert. How about the Apostle Peter’s bio? Denied Christ three times when Christ was experiencing his hardest moments on earth. How about the Apostle Paul’s bio? Had a history of partaking in the murder of Christians. It’s no wonder he never married since history books describe him as bald, short, bowlegged, and big nosed with a unibrow.

I am sure you noticed that none of those mini bios described their redeemed hearts or their position in Christ. None of those bios said, “I should be your next ministry speaker.”

It is my desire to have nothing about me separate me from my audience. Unfortunately, that is what most modern day bios do. They say, “Look at what I have done. Look at where I have spoken. Look at who I mentor. Look at…me.”

One day we will all stand before God and we will not be saying, “Hey God, here is my bio. Do you see where I have been and what I have done?” Instead, our head will be bowed and we will be saying, “God have mercy on me a sinner. I can hardly believe that I am here, but by the blood of Christ, I am a child of God.”

As a speaker and teacher, I will be one with my audience. We are all sinners who rely on the mercy of Christ along with the gift of faith from God our Father. In this way, the speaker and the redeemed in the audience will all have the same bio. We can all be introduced for now until eternity simply as, “a child of God”. What a glorious position to hold!

If you must have a personal bio for introduction purposes, please click here.