Jonathan Richard Cring

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Jonathan Richard Cring is a Billboard Music Award winner and screenwriter who has traveled for thirty-seven years to churches, colleges, schools, organizations and at least one bar mitzvah, sharing the blending of the humor of life with spiritual insight and a delightful piece of heart to get people to do something that they rarely pursue themselves, but are always glad when it happens--to THINK. Jonathan's twelve feature films have won seven awards and been featured at over twenty festivals in the U.S.A. and England. He has been dubbed a delightful mingling of Mark Twain, the Apostle Paul and Steven Spielberg.

Mr. Cring hosts a daily blog at www.jonathots.com, you may read and listen to books and music at www.janethan.com, and his films are featured at www.extraordinaryfilmproject.com

A little history:

December 18, 1951: Jonathan Richard Cring was born in Sunbury, Ohio

September 24, 1970: Mr. Cring marries Elizabeth Ristine, a work still in progress

October 15, 1972: Mr. Cring wins a national talent competition with his group, Soul Purpose

October, 1973: Mr. Cring signs song The Blood of the Son Makes Us One with the Rambos, charts nationally

April, 1974: Jonathan finishes his first book, The Gospel According to Common Sense, published by HIS publishing house.

April, 1975: Jonathan appears on the PTL club with his group, Soul Purpose, and also signs a recording contract with Mary John Wilkin (One Day at a Time)

March, 1976: Two appearances by Soul Purpose on the Grand Ole’Opry and release of album, Love Beyond Reason and the birth of his third son.

February, 1980: Mr. Cring does twenty-five city tour of the United States with the touring cast of Mountain, his musical adaptation of the sermon on the Mount.

November, 1980: Mr. Cring takes position as professor at small Bible college in Shreveport, Louisiana.