Hillcrest Bruce Mission – Ashland Kentucky
Over Spring Break, I was able to go on an ICO trip to Ashland, Kentucky. We worked with three different Non-profit organizations, serving them and learning about their ministries. One of the coolest was Hillcrest Bruce Mission. They provide several goods and services to neighbors in the community – food, clothes, dental work, preschool, a…
Read MoreJelly Roll – Real Redemption in Action
Jason DeFord, aka Jelly Roll, grew up in Antioch, Tennessee amid addiction and crime that landed him in jail multiple times as a teen. By 2016, when many fans like me first tuned in, he was deep in underground rap, dropping raw mixtapes about hustling, pain, and survival. His unfiltered style built a loyal following…
Read MoreEd Bolian – Vinwiki
Ed Bolian is a Christian entrepreneur best known for founding VINwiki, the crowdsourced vehicle history app, and building a devoted audience through the VINwiki and personal YouTube channels where he shares stories, business lessons, and faith-informed life advice. In his “10 rules Ed lives by” video, Ed frames his guidance as personal principles forged through…
Read MoreRedeemer City to City
Why do global cities matter so much for the future of Christianity? If culture flows downstream from cities, how should the church respond? These are two questions that I am sure Tim Keller, the founder of Redeemer City to City, was thinking about. Keller founded Redeemer City to City in 2001. This is a faith-based…
Read MoreParks Project
Most apparel brands are built on an extractive model, extracting materials, labor, and profit. Parks Project offers a different vision: business as restoration. Rather than simply selling park-inspired clothing, Parks Project directs a portion of every purchase toward conservation efforts in national parks. The company partners with organizations that fund trail restoration, environmental education, and…
Read MoreNew Creation Farm
New Creation Farm is a redemptive farming business near my house that sells pastured poultry, beef, and eggs. Our family loves going to this farm because it’s a Christian business, and we know that they genuinely care about the quality of their products. The owners of New Creation have 7 adopted children from the foster…
Read MoreNeil Clark Warren – eHarmony
Neil Clark Warren is the ninety-one-year-old founder of the dating platform eHarmony. Born on September 18th, 1934, Neil was raised on a family farm in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1956, He achieved his bachelor’s degree in social science from Pepperdine University. He then went on to earn his Master’s of Divinity from Princeton Theological School,…
Read MoreSelah
As I was writing in my earlier post, my dad has a redemptive entrepreneurship approach to most of the things he does. One of the more recent things my dad has started is a Church called Selah that runs on Wednesday afternoons in the heart of Montreal, Quebec. Selah is described as a new way…
Read MoreGuide Spring
Founded in 2012, Guide Spring is a nonprofit organization based in Milton, Pennsylvania, that supports individuals, families, and communities through trauma-informed counseling, mentoring, and restorative practices. They are able to provide a range of help from counseling, journey groups, spiritual soul care, peacebuilding initiatives, and more. But to me its not just a regular non-profit…
Read MoreHow a Simple Sojourn and Coffee can Lead to a Missional Mindset…
Continuing on my theme of coffee shop blog posts, I decided to dig deeper into the founding purpose of my favorite coffee shop back at home. Sojourn Cafe, located in Brewster, Ohio, was founded with the goal to “provide a temporary stay from the hustle and bustle of day-to-day life.” The building was originally founded…
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