You are in the grocery store, shifting from one foot to another as you wait for the checker to hurry up and get to your groceries. Your eyes wander around, first the rag magazines - boy, does that make you laugh! - then to the new mints, and then you happen to notice a small crowd forming over by the door. You stand on your tip toes to see what's going on, and see President George Bush! Oh, my gosh! Is that really the President of the United States coming into a grocery store?
No, it is John Morgan, imitator and impersonator of The President! But boy, you can't tell the difference between the two! John's new career started about eight years ago when he was helping to set up for a George W. Bush campaign stop in Orlando, Florida. One of the staffers tapped him on the shoulder and asked if anyone had ever told him he looked a lot like "Dubya". He had never heard that phrase before, but it would change his life.
I recently saw both the President and John Morgan performing a comedy routine for the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner, and they were absolutely a riot! And I'm telling you, I could not tell the difference!
Actually, John Morgan had been told numerous times that he looked like our President, but he never imagined it would lead to an international career as the "Singing Bush"! (Personally, I think one of the funniest routines he's ever done was walking into the Democratic Headquarters and announcing he was just there to check out the competition! Sheer panic broke out!)
John's career started about 5 years ago as he began his comedy routine with large corporations, including Christian ones. People really like his "Singing Bush" routine. So does John. You see, John Morgan is a Christian and his number one priority is sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ as he travels the world.
He says the first thing he would do if he were actually The President would be to drop down on his face and pray. He points out that all Christians are to be agents of change in this world, and he's grateful God has opened this door for him.
Everything John does is family-friendly, good-natured, just good, clean fun. He has ample opportunity to perform in front of Christian and faith-based audiences, which also opens the door for him to share his testimony - to share about the incredible calling that each of us, as believers, have, to imitate God. Ephesians 5:1 says, "Be imitators of God, as beloved children." John says most of us go through our days not thinking about our calling as Christ's ambassadors. But that is what we are. I agree with him.
He's been asked by many if he ever met President Bush, and he answers that he did. He shook his hand and told him what an honor it was to look like him and be impersonating his President. President Bush just shook his head and told him he felt sorry for him. Now that's my President!
You can read more about John Morgan at
his website.
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April Lorier |
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