All photography provided by Jared Chambers

All of us are where we are because of other people. That conversation. That book. That song. These are the people who have inspired me. If you get nothing else from this site, you at least get a list of great people to learn from. Inevitably, I will leave someone out but here is the list of people who have inspired me (so far).

Authors

Donald Miller

Frederick Buechner

Wright Thompson

Dan Allender

Dave Eggers

Rob Bell

Jonathan Safren Foer

Anne Lamott

Warren St. John

James Frey

Eugene Peterson

William Rhoden

Tom Krattenmaker

Erwin McManus

Louie Giglio

Malcolm Gladwell

Michael Eric Dyson

Thelonious Monk

Explosions in the Sky

Jay-Z

Counting Crows

Head and the Heart

Billy Joel

Common

Ben Harper

Shovels and Rope

Lupe Fiasco

Johnny Cash

Zac Brown Band

Arcade Fire

Kings of Leon

Aloe Blacc

Darius Rucker

Anberlin

Talib Kweli

Over the Rhine

DJ Shadow

Dr. John