After a few years, we’re back with MrChrisBenton.com! It’s been nearly five years since I was consistently writing, and it’s time to change that.
In the meantime, we’ve been busy. We launched The Chris & Sandy Show on January 3, 2020. Originally, it was supposed to be an up-and-coming country music artist interview show, but COVID-19 pushed it into something much bigger—a full-fledged entertainment interview platform.
The show led us to incredible interviews with people like Brian Littrell of The Backstreet Boys, country legends like Randy Travis and Sara Evans, Christian voices like Matthew West and comedian Michael Jr., and icons like Ed Asner, Lee Brice, Michelle Stafford, Joe Nichols, Clay Walker, John Michael Montgomery, John Tesh, and even AGT winner Terry Fator. In just three years, we hosted over 600 interviews.
Then, on October 16, 2022, we launched The Customized Ride, a custom car media brand that took off faster than we could have imagined. Within four months, our numbers with The Customized Ride had surpassed three years of work on The Chris & Sandy Show. Now, two years in, we’re at 350,000 followers and over 150 million video views across seven social media platforms.
While we’re excited about where The Customized Ride is headed, I still felt something missing—my passion for writing, speaking, and sharing God’s message about marriage and life. Writing has always been where I grow spiritually. I remember challenging myself to write 90 articles in 90 days, and even though it was tough, it was worth it. Writing daily brings new ideas and keeps the inspiration flowing.
So we’re bringing back MrChrisBenton.com to continue that journey. I feel a strong call from God to focus again on what He’s placed in my heart—to go deeper, reach further, and share more. I may have let life and other challenges delay me in recent years, but it’s time to take my reading, writing, and speaking to a new level.
During this time, we also faced personal losses. In 2022, my dad and Sandy’s mom passed within three months of each other. It was a dark time for us and part of why we slowed down on interviews for The Chris & Sandy Show. Yet here I am, more fired up than I’ve been in years, ready to step into this next chapter with God’s guidance.
Through MrChrisBenton.com, I want to share experiences, passion, inspiration, and everything God places within me. My hope is to motivate and inspire you to reach new levels in your own life. This journey has been full of twists and turns, but I’m renewed, enthusiastic, and excited to see where God leads us next.
Please keep Sandy and me in your prayers as we follow God’s call and share this journey with you.
Living a God-Inspired Life,
Chris