Small Town America. It’s unique and challenging but definitely a place of ministry and a mission field. How about planting a vet clinic and a mobile coffee shop in the town to touch the hearts of the residents. We’re talking to Brian and Carol Thompson about their story.

Featured Guest: Brian & Carol Thompson

Workplace/Ministry: Thompsons Veterinary Center & Cuppa Joe on the Go

What happens when God lays an idea on your heart and says it is impossible for you to do this unless I help. We’re talking with Tammie McClafferty from Lifework First Coast as she shares the story of The Cup of Job.

It all started when Tammie looked at the cost of taking potential Lifework financial donors out for coffee. “Could we save money by starting our own coffee shop?” she wondered. From there, the dream grew to match Lifework’s mission to transform the city through helping the down and out get jobs and job training. The Cup of Job, has been running since 2019 and is located in a homeless shelter on Jacksonville Beach. If you want to hear a crazy story of God’s incredible and miraculous faithfulness, tune in to this AMAZING story! 

Featured Guest: Tammie McClafferty

Workplace/Ministry: Lifework First Coast The Cup of Job

More from our time at the National Headquarters of DaySpring as we delved deep into the workings of this Christ-centered gift sanctuary. Dawn Stanford, their Business Development Manager, joined us today to talk career changes, control freakiness, and why one should never say”never” – especially to the Almighty. Trust us, you aren’t gunna want to miss this one!

Featured Guest: Dawn Stanford

Workplace / Ministry: DaySpring

Today, wife, mother, business woman and author, Caroline Mendez, showcases her passion for discipling women in the workplace while highlighting her book, Threads of Wisdom.  Caroline has a massive heart for Jesus, and is using her skills and knowledge to help women across the Nation with their faith walks.

Early in her faith, Caroline noticed a gap; every women’s bible study that she attended helped her to become a better wife and mother but none of them spoke to who she was as a professional. That’s when God gave Caroline a vision disciple and connect women of faith in the workplace. Threads of Wisdom is a compellation of 10 Godly working women’s stories, and is an absolute must read. 

Caroline Mendez is a Contributor to Chapter 2 of the sheWorks4Him Field Guide. 

Featured Guest: Caroline Mendez

Workplace/Ministry: Pinnacle Forum for Women

We were on the road LIVE from the great city of Cincinnati, Ohio to talk with Chuck Proudfit about his ministry – At Work on Purpose – and learn how God’s moving in Cinci. Chuck spent most of his career in a corporate setting until he read Rick Warren’s “A Purpose Driven Life” back in 2003 and thought, “where is the Purpose Driven Work?” The reality is that we spend most of our lives at our jobs…  so how can we bring our faith into that space? 

When Chuck started At Work on Purpose it was simply a dozen people meeting bi-weekly to support one another in living out their faith. But soon it grew from a dozen people, to hundreds, to thousands, to a full-blown spiritual network of influence across the greater Cincinnati area. How? By addressing the five overarching spiritual struggles of believers in the workplace: Sacred vs Secular; Calling vs Career; Righteousness vs Compromise; Growth vs Stagnation; and Stewardship vs Ownership. At Work on Purpose addresses these five struggles with practical, biblical solutions so that we can grow the Church through work.

Remember, no matter what our position is, our real employer is the Lord and our real assignment is ministry. Check out this podcast to hear how YOU can work on purpose.

Chuck Proudfit is a Contributor to Chapter 22 of The iWork4Him Field Manual. 

Featured Guests: Chuck Proudfit 

Ministry/Workplace: At Work on Purpose

It was Day 3 of our expansion in Jacksonville (!!!) and today we brought in Becky Turner to talk about the Barnabas Group, which is focused on matching our God-given natural gifts, talents, and abilities – the ones we use all day long – with a local, Christ-centered non-profit in YOUR area of the country.

Becky is the National Managing Partner for the Barnabas Group – a place that matches up the skills, gifts, and talents of individuals and marketplace leaders with ministries and non-profits that need help. In other words, “they set the table and invite people in.” If you are interested in engaging your talents for the Kingdom – you won’t want to miss this one! 

Featured Guest: Becky Turner; Debi Tengler; Mike Ostrom

Workplace/Ministry: The Barnabas Group  

Ever get that “Wonder Woman” feeling? Like, Wonder Woman can do ANYTHING, right? She’s got a cool shield, those sweet gold bracelets, the gold rope, but can Wonder Woman really stand up to the pressure in real life? Today we talk with author TJ Tison, as she breaks down her incredible new book, “Killing Wonder Woman.”

Women fill many roles both at work and at home, often wearing themselves out to the point of exhaustion by trying to do and be all things to all people all at once. TJ Tison’s new book, “Killing Wonder Woman,” is about setting weary women free to soar in their faith and work.

TJ believes that women can have everything but not all in the same hour, the same week, or even the same season of life. Instead, God’s calling on your life will change as your seasons do. In one era, you may be called to focus on being a wife and mother, and in another, the door may open for you to write a book or start a business. God is unfolding your story, and it will happen in the right time – HIS time. Remember, if you can say no to the good, you can say yes to God’s best.

If you want to be fed and encouraged by women who have similar experiences and have gone through woman-specific minefields in the workplace – check out Working Women of Faith.

TJ Tison is a Contributor to Chapter 13 of The sheWorks4Him Field Manual.

Featured Guests: TJ Tison

Ministry/Workplace: Working Women of Faith

Kathy Branzell in on a mission to bring the love of Jesus to every American, and she needs your help.  Her ambitious project, Love2020, looks to touch every person in the US with the love of Christ from another Believer by the year 2020.  Here how, and why, in what Jim calls an “earthquake in the marketplace” on today’s massive program.

After battling a cancerous brain tumor for 14-and-a-half-years and walking with her son through a rare blood cancer, Kathy is well acquainted with God’s grace and compassion through troubled times. Kathy looks at Love2020 as an opportunity to share how God walked her through difficulties situations and is still walking with her today! 

What is your story? What pulls at your heart? What injustices make you crazy? What are your giftings? We want to invite you to share these parts of yourself and your testimony with your neighbors and coworkers through the Love2020 project! Together we can become a cultural influence for Christ! 

Featured Guests:  Kathy Branzell

 Ministry/Workplace: Mission: America; Love2020 

On a very special 500th edition of the program, Jim invites contest winner and young artist Paige Murrell, whose white board 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.

The student contest put on by The Faith, Work, and Economics required participants to create a presentation on fulfillment for a chance to win a scholarship. Paige’s piece discussed the complexity of the questions “what is a calling?” and “what is fulfillment?” and how are these related to God’s word. 

Tune in to hear more about Paige’s journey as an artist and to be inspired to use your own creative impulses to honor the Lord! 

Featured Guests: Paige Murrell 

Ministry/Workplace: The Story Sketcher

Tom and Pam Wolf, authors of “Identity and Destiny”, talk about their workbook and how it impacts our day-to-day life.

Identity and Destiny works to address the questions, “Who am I? Why am I here through God’s eyes?” Tom and Pam are passionate about creating transformational change in the lives of Christians who want to go deeper and farther through Holy Spirit led self-evaluation and self-discovery.

If you want to know who you are in Christ and what God’s purpose is for your life, go pick up Identity and Destiny today!

Tom & Pam Wolf are Contributors to Chapter 16 of The iWork4Him Field Manual.

Featured Guest: Tom & Pam Wolf 

Workplace/Ministry: Identity & Destiny