<![CDATA[The Business Steward]]>The Business Steward is a podcast for faith-driven business owners who believe that what they've built isn't really theirs.

Psalm 24:1 says it plainly — the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it. That includes your business, your finances, and every person on your team. That's not just a theological idea. It changes the way you make decisions, manage money and lead people.

That's what this show is about.

Each episode, host Steven Abbott and co-host Austin Parkhurst sit down to work through what it actually looks like to run a business as a steward rather than an owner. Steven brings over a decade of experience as a fractional CFO and business advisor working alongside faith-driven entrepreneurs and every episode is anchored in scripture because we believe the Bible has more to say about business than most people realize.

We cover three lanes and we stay in them:

How you operate your business. The systems, the decisions, the strategy — and how a stewardship mindset changes the way you think about all of it.

How you use your financials. Not just compliance and tax returns, but your numbers as a tool for honoring what God has entrusted to you. Profitable, intentional and built for legacy.

How you treat your people. You can't steward a business without stewarding the humans inside it. We're not HR experts, but we know that caring for your team well is both a biblical calling and a financial decision — and we'll show you how to do both.

If you're a business owner who already talks about your company as a ministry, who wants your finances to reflect your faith and who is serious about building something that lasts beyond you — you're exactly who we made this for.

Welcome to The Business Steward.

]]>www.kingdomcfo.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:21:27 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2026 21:37:41 GMT60Steven Abbott<p><b>The Business Steward</b> is a podcast for faith-driven business owners who believe that what they've built isn't really theirs.</p><p></p><p>Psalm 24:1 says it plainly — the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it. That includes your business, your finances, and every person on your team. That's not just a theological idea. It changes the way you make decisions, manage money and lead people.</p><p></p><p>That's what this show is about.</p><p></p><p>Each episode, host Steven Abbott and co-host Austin Parkhurst sit down to work through what it actually looks like to run a business as a steward rather than an owner. Steven brings over a decade of experience as a fractional CFO and business advisor working alongside faith-driven entrepreneurs and every episode is anchored in scripture because we believe the Bible has more to say about business than most people realize.</p><p></p><p>We cover three lanes and we stay in them:</p><p></p><p>How you operate your business. The systems, the decisions, the strategy — and how a stewardship mindset changes the way you think about all of it.</p><p></p><p>How you use your financials. Not just compliance and tax returns, but your numbers as a tool for honoring what God has entrusted to you. Profitable, intentional and built for legacy.</p><p></p><p>How you treat your people. You can't steward a business without stewarding the humans inside it. We're not HR experts, but we know that caring for your team well is both a biblical calling and a financial decision — and we'll show you how to do both.</p><p></p><p>If you're a business owner who already talks about your company as a ministry, who wants your finances to reflect your faith and who is serious about building something that lasts beyond you — you're exactly who we made this for.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to The Business Steward.</p>episodicSteven Abbottsteven@abbottcfo.comno<![CDATA[Ep. 3: Cash Reserves: How Much Is Enough?]]>Austin and Steven Abbott tackle one of the most common questions business owners ask: how much cash should actually sit in the bank? Grounded in Proverbs 6:6-8 the ant that stores in summer and gathers at harvest. Steven pushes back on the popular "six months of reserves" rule and lays out a more practical approach: starting with one month of fixed expenses and adjusting from there based on your business's seasonality and customer concentration. It's an honest look at both extremes: the stress of too little margin and the excess cash that quietly signals a bigger stewardship question.

]]>e90d4f18-e507-4139-afa1-938a439282e9Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:03:03 GMT<p>Austin and Steven Abbott tackle one of the most common questions business owners ask: how much cash should actually sit in the bank? Grounded in Proverbs 6:6-8 the ant that stores in summer and gathers at harvest. Steven pushes back on the popular "six months of reserves" rule and lays out a more practical approach: starting with one month of fixed expenses and adjusting from there based on your business's seasonality and customer concentration. It's an honest look at both extremes: the stress of too little margin and the excess cash that quietly signals a bigger stewardship question.</p>no00:28:04Ep. 3: Cash Reserves: How Much Is Enough?full<![CDATA[Ep. 2: The Business Steward's Guide to Fair Compensation]]>Steven Abbott returns to unpack what the Bible actually says about paying employees fairly and gives a practical, three-step framework for determining compensation, plus why performance-based pay might matter more than annual raises.

]]>5a29d0f7-5bfb-40c6-9d7e-fd21a1d26480Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:15:00 GMT<p>Steven Abbott returns to unpack what the Bible actually says about paying employees fairly and gives a practical, three-step framework for determining compensation, plus why performance-based pay might matter more than annual raises.</p>no00:31:252Ep. 2: The Business Steward's Guide to Fair Compensationfull<![CDATA[Ep. 1: From Owner to Steward — Why We Started This Podcast]]>Kingdom CFO, launch The Business Steward by unpacking what it means to run a business you don't actually own. Grounded in Psalm 24:1, they introduce the three pillars; operations, finances, and people; that will frame every episode ahead.

]]>8042239d-2c19-4106-af06-647cc47d5e25Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:09:09 GMT<p>Kingdom CFO, launch The Business Steward by unpacking what it means to run a business you don't actually own. Grounded in Psalm 24:1, they introduce the three pillars; operations, finances, and people; that will frame every episode ahead.</p>no00:30:341Ep. 1: From Owner to Steward — Why We Started This Podcastfull