Ocean – A Mission to Build More Redemptive Company Cultures
Ocean is a redemptive company that provides Christ-centered training for current and future entrepreneurs to bring impact and influence to today’s culture. Business owners are the future of culture. It is important to have culture influenced by the Bible rather than the secular marketplace and Ocean has recognized the growth in the entrepreneurship vocation but…
Read MoreCreative Living Coffee
A few years ago I stopped by my local coffee shop in Medina, Ohio to purchase my favorite drink, but when I arrived I realized my local coffee shop is much more than just a place that sells coffee. Creative Living Coffee is a non-profit that hires abled people to roast, package, and distribute their…
Read MoreSeeds of Hope
Seeds of Hope International is a missions organization that seeks to restore communities worldwide. Their goal is to prevent young people from drug addiction, sex trafficking, exploitative child labor, dropping out of school, and other common results of living in poverty. They also seek to equip young people with the skills they need to be…
Read MoreUncommon Grounds Cafe
Over spring break, I got the opportunity to go on an ico trip to Aliquippa and we worked with Uncommon Grounds Café, located in downtown Aliquippa. We spent the day working in the café, helping to clean up the kitchen, garden, and behind the store. When we had some free time, we would sit and…
Read MoreJoy Comes to Honduras
Joy Comes is a missions organization with which I have had the privilege of going to Honduras. They are funded entirely by donations. On my first trip to Honduras, we spent the whole time in an orphanage. It was near Christmas time, so we brought the kids Christmas presents. Joy Comes set up a sponsor…
Read MoreCoffee Culture and Community
Alabaster Coffee Roaster and Tea Co. is a small, family-owned coffee bar located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Since 2010, the mission of Alabaster’s has been to create community through coffee culture. In their mission statement, they stress the importance of respecting all people in the process, from their employees to the farmers in Central and South…
Read MoreLasting: Redeeming Marriage
The Marriage Crisis There are currently over 750,000 divorces in the United States each year. The chance of divorce in America has been slightly declining since the 1990s, but not by much. People are still struggling in their marriages, whether Christian or not. Unfortunately, many people still do not consider receiving counseling for their marital…
Read MoreDarling Media: Redemptive Feminism
Culture: Negative Feminism Recently, culture has been teaching women to adhere to an unrealistic standard of beauty. Social media has only made the situation worse through filters and constant comparison. Feminism surfaced as a way to fight for women’s rights, but it has often gone about achieving this in harmful ways, which has led to…
Read MorePeter Demos, Redemptive Restaurants
Despite growing up in the restaurant business, Peter Demos started off his career as a lawyer, but he quickly felt called back to the restaurant business that he knew and loved. After successfully running a restaurant for 12 years, Demos became a Christian. Over time he became the owner of four Demos Restaurants and two…
Read MoreSamaritan
Samaritan is an online platform that is used to assist the homeless. The strategy of Samaritan is to provide what they call a “social home” for the homeless to give them a community that will support them. They believe that through this social home soon after they will then have the ability to find a…
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