Mike Donehey, Tenth Avenue North Lead Singer
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Episode 345
Mike Donehey is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the award-winning Christian rock band Tenth Avenue North. Since 2000, he has been sharing the truth of the gospel in front of millions of people through song and speaking.
Mike was born in Omaha, Nebraska and grew up a sports fan. Music wasn't on the radar. Starring on the soccer team at his high school in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Mike and his two teammates were driving to a game in September of 1998 when his Honda swerved out of control, flipped several times and crashed into a tree. Mike's injuries were numerous, a fractured skull, fractured vertebrae, 96 stitches, five days in intensive care and was told he would never walk again.
Two months later, Mike proved the doctors wrong and was up and moving and walking again. It was during that time in his recovery that he picked up a guitar for the first time and discovered a love for music that has taken him down a road he has remained on for the past 20 years.
In August of 2019, Mike released his first book, "Finding God's Life For My Will" where he shares his life story and shows why it is important to see God as the plan for our life, not as the formula to the plan. Tenth Avenue North is also releasing their new album "No Shame" on August 2, 2019.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Mike about why he decided to write his first book, his love for sports, being "sort of" famous, being applauded for showing up to work and why he's not a fan of the term "leader."
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.0 | This episode of Sports Spectrum's podcast with 10th Avenue North singer Mike Donahey is brought to you by Compassion International. |
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| 1:12.2 | globe. Go to compassion.com slash sports spectrum, compassion.com slash sports spectrum and pray about it |
| 1:20.3 | and consider sponsoring a child today. Today on the podcast, we welcome Mike Donahey. |
| 1:28.1 | He is the lead singer for 10th Avenue North, and I'm smiling as I say this because this was one of my favorite interviews I think we've ever done. |
| 1:37.9 | And part of it is because I had the opportunity to meet Mike at a conference a month or so ago in Utah. |
| 1:43.6 | It was a conference put on four hockey |
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