Interstate Batteries is a battery company that sell predominantly sells car batteries. They have store locations all around the US. Interstate Batteries speaks to its own religious identity in its mission statement. On the companies website they say their mission is, “to glorify God as we supply our customers worldwide with top quality, value-priced batteries, […]
41 & Change Coffee Co.
41 & Change Coffee Co. was founded in the 1990s on accident. They purchased property in Nicaragua to build a brand new Young Life camp and found coffee plants already growing on the property. From accidentally stumbling upon a few coffee plants to having a thirty acre coffee farm, 41 & Change has always been […]
A New Type of Church
Narrow Road Communities is a small church located in central Pennsylvania. NRC, as the members call it, is not a typical church, they have the goal to redefine what “Church” means. According to NRC, a church is any gathering of two or more Christians, as per Matthew 18:20. NRC holds a weekly gathering that is […]
A Chance for Entrepreneurship in the Church
With the Covid-19 crisis closing churches all across the country, churches have had to change their very traditional ways. Many are doing live-streams of the services, some are encouraging small group, but few have taken it much further. One church that has is Catching Fire Houston. Catching Fire Houston is a relatively new church and […]
‘Facebook Live Church’ update
My mother and father do a weekly ‘Bible Chat’ every Wednesday night, and depending on whether or not my sister is there to help, I am in charge of our two pugs. Now pugs are pretty well-managed dogs, and really like attention and are not too active, but that is not to say that they […]
More than Just Wood Flooring
Many of you Grovers (and others) might have some familiarity with The Masters Craft wood flooring company. They are a for profit wood flooring supplier in the mid-west and south. They are well know for donating, volunteering, and contributing to many different ministries. But recently they took to giving to local food pantries. This was […]
Bracelets That Change Lives
Have you ever been on an out of the country vacation and purchased a neat little bracelet as a reminder of your stay? Those bracelets may seem insignificant, but often times they are the only source of income for people living in third world countries. Co founders Griffin and Paul of the company Pura Vida […]
Praxis What You Preach
Well, here we are. The end of the semester is close at hand, and many of us are finally graduating. I know this isn’t a situation that anyone expected. This “coronavirus” has taken a toll on all of us. Plans have been canceled. Lectures have become virtual. Friendships are harder to maintain. Depression and Anxiety […]
Masese Beading Circle
Amazima Ministries is located outside of Jinja, Uganda and is the baby of Katie Davis Majors. She originally founded the NGO when she first moved to Uganda to be a teacher for a year at the age of 18. She fell in love with the country and one thing lead to the next and she […]
There is HOPE in Coffee
No – I don’t mean that there is actual, dependable hope in the wonderful, caffeinated drink too many of us depend on throughout the day, widely known as coffee. This hope I speak of is found in the heart of a company called HOPE Coffee, who proudly serves their customers as an openly Christian coffee […]