16 out of 1,700 Stories from the Show
Stories of Faith at Work
As Listed in iWork4Him: Change the Way You Think About Faith and Work
Luke Andrews
Over the years, we have watched Luke go from being a mortgage/real estate/insurance/investment advisor to going all in for Jesus in his businesses and living out iWork4Him. Now listen to Luke trying to change the world through Biblically Responsible Investing.
Show Description:
Stop following the world’s ways and let God transform you by renewing your mind and changing the way you think, even when it comes to retirement and investing. We’re talking with Luke Andrews of Inspire Advisors about Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI) and why he became a financial advisor.
Workplace/Ministry: iInvest4Him
2. Chelsea Drinkard, CBWC
Chelsea saw a need. Christian working women are in desperate need of support as they live out their faith in their work. Christian Business Women’s Connection is that ministry, and Chelsea is on fire for Jesus as she operates as a commercial real estate broker.
Show Description
We had a great hour with Chelsea Drinkard of Office Space Brokers on being single. Give today’s podcast a listen and hear the inspiring story about how God uses her “single-ness” every day for His glory.
Workplace/Ministry: Christian Business Womens Connection
3. Bill Wolf
Bill takes over his dad’s plumbing company and grows it into a mechanical empire. Bill’s generosity and his love of his employees have transformed the air conditioning industry in Tampa Bay.
Show Description
Local business owner of Midway Services, Bill Wolf, is in the studio to talk about how his Christ-centered focus is at the heart of his business, how this focus shapes his work environment, and what it means to truly work for Him, which he has been doing since day one—and it hasn’t always been easy.
Workplace/Ministry: Think Utility Services
4. Kathy Branzell
From primary education teacher to the president of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, Kathy has led the way for spreading love all over the nation through relationships and prayer.
Show Description
Kathy Branzell is on a mission to bring the love of Jesus to every American, and she needs your help. Love2020 looked to touch every person in the US with the love of Christ by the end of 2020. Here how, and why, in what Jim calls an “earthquake in the marketplace” on today’s massive program.
Workplace/Ministry: Love 2020
5. Skip Stanton
One day Skip’s co-worker invited him to lunch. He shared Jesus with him, and Skip’s life has never been the same. Skip now runs his company focused on the ministry part of every customer transaction.
Show Description
We dove deep today into the faith walk of Aqua Plumbing and Air’s owner and heard how Skip’s journey with Christ has “changed his paradigm.” We also got a look at how he came to be within his profession, which makes him a great boss (with a special guest chiming in), and his work with C12. It was a powerful hour of discovery and witness.
Workplace/Ministry: Aqua Plumbing and Air
6. Jamie Vrinios
Once in the top 10 of sales for a huge cosmetics company, Jamie has seen adversity. She was asked to leave her career because of her faith and personally dealt with breast cancer. Jamie’s difficult life path all started in her childhood. Her story highlights how God has rescued her time and time again.
Show Description
We had the pleasure of having Jamie Vrinios share her faith story of going from utter poverty to the highest levels in a national MLM organization. Check out today’s podcast to hear what the Lord is laying on her heart now as she faces her halftime and seeks Him to find “What’s Next.”
Workplace/Ministry: Jaime Vrinios
7. Todd Hopkins
Todd ran a commercial cleaning company and realized that his faith was the center of his enterprise. He decided to fran-chise and base the entire company on living out faith in Je-sus in every aspect of the company. Twenty-six years and six books later, Todd has 135 franchises where thousands of employees are loved-on every day as they clean commercial properties.
Show Description
The first time on iWork4Him, Todd Hopkins talks about taking his faith public.
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We were jam-packed on the radio today as Todd Hopkins with Office Pride Office Cleaning joined Jim to invite four young men who’ve been moved to action by the mission of CBMC Young Professionals. Check out today’s show and hear how the Lord is moving in these young men’s lives. These guy’s faith is impacting their work in a huge way.
Workplace/Ministry: Office Pride
8. Nancy McDonnell
Growing up in the rust belt, Nancy saw some pretty difficult times for the region’s people. To bring healing to the steel and coal industries, Nancy decided to teach companies to value the people they hire.
Show Description
Nancy McDonnell, and friends with the ministry “The Value of the Person” out of Pennsylvania, joined us to talk about the awesome power of love and its impact on employees and organizations.
Workplace/Ministry: Value of the Person
9. Mark Pearson
Mark desires to think big and challenge norms. In the financial industry, he realized that most people need clarity on why they invest in certain companies. Nepsis Capital is a nationwide organization focused on Kingdom transformation and helping investors to invest with clarity.
Show Description
Long-time friend and owner of Nepsis Capital, Mark Pearson, joins Jim to talk about their personal and business relationship, how Mark works to keep Christ at the center of his investment decisions, and how that financial paradigm is imperative for financial success.
Workplace/Ministry: Nepsis Capital
10. Kali Davis
Kali Davis never had a problem trying to live out her faith in her work in middle management. Working for companies big and small, Kali understands the ministry field God has placed her in.
Show Description
Live from Rogers, Arkansas, at this year’s Workmatters Conference to highlight business leaders and their stories of how this conference—and the mission of Workmatters—has reshaped their work-life. This team leader from The Harvest Group shares her inspiration in this episode.
Workplace/Ministry: Harvest Group; Workmatters Conference
11. Tim Paskert
With a heart and passion for film making, Tim Paskert de-cided that his God was big enough to fund the filming of The Glass Window. This movie, now seen by millions of people, inspired Tim and his team to develop short YouTube films that challenge people to think about reality and faith in Jesus.
Show Description
From a life of atheism to making movies glorifying the Lord, Tim shares his incredible story of becoming a Christ-follower and what it’s done to his vision and inspiration. You’ll also hear about his latest work, plus a special guest opens the show with Jim to talk about his recent talk with the Christian Chamber of Commerce—Tampa Bay.
Workplace/Ministry: Mark829
12. Rick & Holly Betenbough
I don’t cry easily, but these two interviews moved me to tears because of the genuineness of the story of Rick and Holly Betenbough. Rick and Holly run a very successful home building company. When God hit Rick upside the head about his ministry to 170 employees, Betenbough Homes has never been the same.
Show Description (1)
It’s the “Kingdom Leadership Workshop” in Lubbock, TX, where we’ll be broadcasting from live this week, and we kicked it off with return guests, Rick and Holly Betenbough, to get their take on this amazing workshop and hear how God’s been moving them.
Show Description (2)
We interviewed Rick and Holly Betenbough with Betenbough Homes (Tx), and boy howdy, did they share from their hearts. They’re working for Him by showing His Love through everything they do, top to bottom. Hear about their beginnings to how they interact with their staff and customers (amazingly), and why they chose to follow Him in all they do in our program that shows the iWork4Him mission statement in action.
Workplace/Ministry: Kingdom at Work
13. Paige Murrell, #2 Show of All Time!
She left me speechless. It has only happened twice on the air, and Paige was the guest both times. Paige was 17 when we did this interview, and she taught an audience of thousands to connect their faith and work intricately. Flour-ishing and worship, both words you don’t hear about work often, but you will in this show.
Show Description
On a very special 500th edition of the program, Jim invites contest winner and young artist Paige Murrell, whose whiteboard story sketch on one’s calling won an award at the Institute of Faith, Work, and Economics, to talk about her artistic passion, what drives her heart and mind, and her inspirational thoughts on the idea of a calling.
Workplace/Ministry: The Story Sketcher
14. Queen, LSD, and Bikes, #1 Show of All Time!
I thought this show might have ended our time on the air. You see the title. We opened the show with Queen’s “I Want to Ride my Bicycle” and then show guest Jon Dengler shares how he met Jesus on an LSD trip. It gets even better from there.
Show Description
We took our bikes out today (figuratively speaking, of course!) as we invited the leaders of two great bicycle-centered ministries in the studio to detail how they’re using wheels to talk about Jesus. Super cool! Patrick Simmons with Bikes for Christ, and Jon Dengler with Well Built Bikes are hopping on the saddle and riding for Him! Grab your helmet and roll with us!!
Workplace/Ministry: Bike Shop Tampa
15. Dr. Jim Harris
No single book title has revolutionized my thinking more than the book by Dr. Jim Harris, Our Unfair Advantage: Un-leashing the Power of the Holy Spirit in my Business. Retired executive and highly sought-after speaker Jim Harris now uses his platform for challenging all Christ-followers to understand why the Holy Spirit is given to us by God.
Show Description
Do Christ-followers have an advantage over their non-Christ-following business counterparts? Dr. Jim Harris be-lieves so and lays out why in his new book—Our Unfair Advantage—and talks on the show today about how, and why, the Holy Spirit should be a part of your everyday work life.
16. Ashton Batten
When you combine Jesus and chocolate, you get this favorite, as Martha loves M&M’s. Ashton brings her fresh millennial perspective of living out her faith in a huge company and knowing that she is a workplace minister along the way.
Show Description
We used our time at this year’s Workmatters Conference in Rogers, Arkansas, to grab a bevy of interviews to highlight how Jesus is moving within the hearts, minds, and workspaces of all sorts of workplaces. Today, we heard how this exceptional millennial found faith in a very sweet place.
Workplace/Ministry: Workmatters Conference