Matt Ware

• Company: Matt Ware Executive Coaching
• Title: Executive Leadership Coach & Host of The Matt Ware Show
• Industry: Executive Coaching, Leadership Development & Consulting
• Power Words: Discerning. Challenging. Galvanizing. Faithful. Empowering.

Matt Ware has a simple calling: serve leaders. After decades in pastoral leadership, Matt now coaches leaders across business, ministry, and nonprofit spaces, with a particular heart for Christian entrepreneurs and executives.

His superpower sits at the intersection of discernment and galvanizing. He sees the gap between where a leader is and where they could be, then helps them find the courage and clarity to move.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Your assignment can change without changing your calling. Matt’s transition out of pastoral ministry forced him to reconsider what ministry looked like. He discovered that while his path changed, his purpose remained: “I’m always going to be serving leaders.”
2. Marketplace work can be Kingdom work. A business is more than a mechanism for generating money to fund ministry. Serving employees, customers, communities, and the world through excellent products and services can itself become ministry.
3. Frustration can become fuel. Matt describes frustration as a “check engine light.” Leaders often see a gap between reality and possibility. Instead of burying that tension, healthy leaders examine it and ask what needs to change.

Big Dream

Matt’s dream isn’t defined by a revenue number, client count, or stage. He wants to keep serving through whatever doors God opens, helping faith-driven leaders reach their potential and recognize their marketplace influence as Kingdom impact.

“It’s not how fast can I go. It’s just how far can I go?”

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Matt currently helps high-level leaders grow their businesses without losing themselves in the process and offers 1:1 coaching, consulting, and speaking.

• Website: https://themattware.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themattware
• The Matt Ware Show:

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Joshua Aguirre @ Cressio (cressio.com) has become our first Kingdom Superpowers & Connections sponsor. Cressio builds AI-powered infrastructure with a specific emphasis on Empowering the Underprivileged. Joshua is an expert in empowering Kingdom initiatives with AI. Connect with Joshua on LinkedIn to learn more about how he can help your cause, the way he’s helping us to grow at Kingdom Superpowers & Connections. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshaguirre/

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April Minatrea, Ph.D.

• Company: April Minatrea, Ph.D. | Divine Dream Acceleration LLC
• Title: Psychologist, Speaker, Leadership Consultant & Executive Coach
• Industry: Psychology, Leadership Development, Speaking & Spiritual Development
• Power Words: Perceptive • Liberating • Visionary • Compassionate • Courageous

April Minatrea’s Kingdom Superpower might be described as carrying keys. She listens deeply, recognizes the lies and wounds keeping people confined, and helps them encounter truth that opens the door.

Her mission traces back to Isaiah 61: binding up the brokenhearted and setting captives free. Her purpose goes deeper: “Be intimate with God.”

Three Main Takeaways

1. Intimacy begins with receiving, not achieving. April sees self-disqualification as one of the biggest barriers between people and God. We confuse love with approval, trying to earn what God freely gives.

2. Listening is loving. Sometimes transformation doesn’t require brilliant advice. Presence itself can become a counter-experience to the lie, I am not loved.

3. Your freedom serves your assignment. Healing isn’t merely about feeling better. As old hurts and limiting beliefs lose their grip, we become free to carry what God entrusted to us.

Calling & Ideal Client

April serves leaders, dreamers, world changers, entrepreneurs, creatives, and military operators who know they carry an assignment but sense something is restricting their freedom.

Her beautiful operating belief is this:

“Every person you meet is His dream wrapped in flesh.”

April listens in two directions: to the person in front of her and to the Holy Spirit. She describes God giving “keys of truth” that unlock beliefs, wounds, and patterns that have sometimes held someone captive for years.

Big Dream

April dreams of helping prepare a warrior bride, bringing together intimacy with God and a Kingdom warrior ethos.

She wants military warriors drawn deeper into friendship with God while seeing the Church recover qualities warriors understand well: mission, brotherhood, discipline, excellence, sacrifice, perseverance, and a willingness to remain in the fight.

Her vision is an army of lovers of God, advancing rather than retreating.

Collaborate

Connect with April for speaking, executive coaching, leadership development, consulting, and spiritual development.

• Website: https://www.aprilminatrea.com/
• Speaking: https://www.aprilminatrea.com/dr-april-speaks/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-minatrea-phd/

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Hero Profile

Joel Byler
Company: Elevia Group
Title: Founder, AI & Data Specialist
Industry: AI, Technology & Nonprofit Consulting
Core Drive: Progress
Power Words: Driven. Perceptive. Excellent. Sacrificial. Catalytic.

Joel Byler lights up around one word: capacity.

He believes God has placed abilities in people that often remain undiscovered until someone recognizes them, calls them forward, and gives them permission to move. That conviction shapes everything from Joel’s work in technology to evenings spent mentoring young people.

Three Main Takeaways

Excellence can be ministry. Joel rejects the idea that Christians must choose between serious faith and exceptional work. “I want my Sunday Joel…to be the exact same as my Wednesday, my Thursday, my Friday, my Tuesday, my Monday Joel.”

Someone may need you to see what they cannot yet see. Joel remembers a former VP telling him, “The world is so much bigger.” Those few words expanded his vision of what was possible. Now he wants to call that same potential out of others.

Leadership means giving yourself away. Joel connects leadership with sacrifice. Whether through time, talent, treasure, humility, or simply laying down pride, his growing definition of leadership looks increasingly like service.

Calling & Ideal Client

Joel’s calling, as he currently understands it, is beautifully simple: lead others toward Christ by giving himself away.

Through Elevia Group, that includes helping small and midsized businesses and nonprofits use technology, data, software, and AI without assuming AI is always the answer. As Joel puts it, “80% of AI solutions are just going to be normal, boring, super boring software.”

His heart is particularly drawn toward organizations doing ground-level community work but lacking the resources and technical capacity of larger institutions.

Big Dream

Joel wants to help tackle problems big enough to require courage, technology, collaboration, and faith.

He dreams of seeing nonprofits gain access to technology that multiplies scarce resources, seeing younger Christians bring excellence into the marketplace, and seeing his generation recognize its capacity to address problems that currently appear unsolvable.

“I don’t want to be worse than what I can be.”

For Joel, that isn’t simply ambition. It’s stewardship.

Collaborate

Connect with Joel and follow his work in technology, leadership, faith, and community impact:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-byler-50306117b/

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Brad Lomenick
Founder, BLINC | Leadership Advisor, Author, Speaker, Podcaster & Strategic Convener

• Industry: Leadership Development & Strategic Convening
• Power Words: Curious. Relational. Strategic. Discerning. Humble. Hungry. Hustling!

Brad Lomenick loves Jesus, leadership, and leaders. Those three passions have shaped a career spent developing, connecting, and convening influential people. Today, his Kingdom Superpower looks remarkably simple: he sees people, draws out their gold, and creates spaces where meaningful relationships can foster impact.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Be interested, not interesting. Brad believes influence grows from curiosity. Walk into the room asking questions, listening closely, and paying attention rather than trying to prove you belong. As he puts it:

“You become interesting by being interested.”

2. Become a courage injector and gold extractor. Encouragement injects courage into another person, while relational intelligence helps us recognize what God has placed inside them. Brad describes it beautifully:

“You’re injecting somebody with courage … but you’re also calling out the things in them that are true.”

3. Relational intelligence matters more as technology grows. Brad sees a looming paradox: AI can reduce our need to interact while people are increasingly hungry for friendship and community. His response is memorable:

“In an age of AI, we need more RI [Relational Intelligence].”

Calling & Ideal Client

Brad serves high-capacity leaders, pastors, marketplace leaders, entrepreneurs, creatives, and movement makers. He sees leadership as influence, and connection as stewardship.

His distinction between networking and connecting is crucial. Networking can reduce people to transactions. Connecting requires understanding them first. Brad’s approach honors the person before considering what they can accomplish.

His H3 framework summarizes the kind of leaders he hopes to cultivate:

“Be humble, stay hungry, always hustle.”

Humility keeps leadership grounded, hunger keeps leaders teachable, and hustle turns calling into action.

Big Dream

Brad’s vision for the next decade is laser-focused: identify, know, convene, connect, and release roughly 1,000 of America’s most strategic and influential leaders.

“I didn’t go from a big vision to a small vision,” Brad explains. “I went from a big vision to a different vision … that I would argue is even bigger.”

Collaborate

Connect with Brad, explore his leadership work, or invite him to consult or speak:

• Website: https://www.bradlomenick.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradlomenick
• H3 Leadership Podcast: https://www.h3leadership.com/

H3 Leadership: Be Humble. Stay Hungry. Always Hustle:

https://www.amazon.com/H3-Leadership-Humble-Hungry-Hustle/dp/0718088506/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

Mike Farag | Founder, CEO & Chief Strategy Officer,

• Company: Fervor Marketing
• Industry: Christian Nonprofit Marketing & Growth
• Power Words: Strategic • Passionate • Persistent • Intentional • Catalytic

Mike Farag’s Kingdom Superpower is growth, but not the flashy, hockey-stick variety. He wants organizations, marriages, leaders, and disciples to experience healthy, sustainable growth that bears fruit for generations.

His calling has become remarkably clear: “Help those that help others.”

Three Main Takeaways

1. Redefine growth. Mike once measured progress through money, titles, and corporate advancement. Today, growth means deeper faith, stronger relationships, healthier organizations, and greater Kingdom fruit.

2. Obedience can precede clarity. When God prompted Mike to leave his corporate career, He didn’t hand him the next chapter. Mike had to move before he could see where the road led.

3. Pay attention to what matters to people you love. Mike’s painful lesson from his first marriage became a call to intentionality: “Your marriage is not accidentally good,” much less, great. Great relationships require the same steady investment as healthy organizations.

Calling & Ideal Client

Fervor serves Christian nonprofits that need both strategy and execution. Mike describes his team as a “supply line for the front line.” Writers, designers, strategists, and developers may never meet the people their work reaches, yet their gifts can still advance the Kingdom.

That makes marketing ministry in Mike’s eyes: “I raise awareness or I raise money… What I really think I raise up are disciples discipling others.”

His ideal client is a faith-led organization willing to pursue meaningful growth, wrestle with hard problems, and build for long-term impact.

Collaborate

Connect with Mike, explore Fervor, or find his book Marketing with Fervor:

• https://mikefarag.com/
• https://createfervor.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikefarag

AI Impact Partner

Joshua Aguirre @ Cressio (cressio.com) has become our first Kingdom Superpowers & Connections sponsor. Cressio builds AI-powered infrastructure with a specific emphasis on Empowering the Underprivileged. Joshua is an expert in empowering Kingdom initiatives with AI. Connect with Joshua on LinkedIn to learn more about how he can help your cause, the way he’s helping us to grow at Kingdom Superpowers & Connections. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshaguirre/

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Guest: Jeffrey Hawthorne

Company: Workplace Resource

Title: Market Vice President (Colorado Springs)

Industry: Commercial Interiors

Power Words: Servant-hearted • Intentional • Trustworthy • Galvanizer • Empowering

Three Main Takeaways

• Service is more than good customer care. It is a Kingdom posture that places another person’s needs ahead of personal gain, even in the competitive world of sales.
• Great leadership creates environments where people discover their value, contribute their gifts, and become the best version of themselves.
• Curiosity unlocks growth. By replacing certainty with humble questions, leaders create room for stronger relationships, wiser decisions, and deeper Kingdom influence.

Journey

Jeffrey’s story begins in a home where service was modeled daily. Raised as the oldest of nine children, he watched his parents consistently choose generosity, integrity, and hospitality over comfort or financial security. His father, who adopted him as his own son, demonstrated unwavering character by honoring commitments even when it cost him personally. Those early lessons shaped Jeffrey’s understanding that leadership is ultimately about serving others.

Over the years, God wove together seemingly unrelated experiences, from construction sites to worship ministry, nonprofit facilities leadership, and now commercial workplace strategy. Looking back, Jeffrey sees a consistent thread: creating environments where people flourish. Whether leading worship, managing facilities, or helping organizations design workplaces, his calling has remained remarkably consistent. He believes environments are not simply physical spaces. They become catalysts that unlock collaboration, creativity, trust, and potential.

Calling & Ideal Client

Jeffrey serves organizations that want more than beautiful offices. He partners with leaders who desire workplaces where employees collaborate well, feel valued, and accomplish meaningful work together.

His deeper calling extends beyond furniture and floorplans. He equips teams, develops leaders, and builds cultures where every role contributes to a greater mission. He also carries a growing passion for mentoring men toward authentic vulnerability, stronger relationships, and Christ-centered leadership.

Big Dream

Jeffrey dreams of building one of the most service-oriented sales organizations in his industry, where sales and operations function as one unified team focused on customer success rather than individual achievement.

Personally, he hopes to invest in men who lead with authenticity while raising four children who become faithful Kingdom leaders.

Collaborate

• Website: https://www.wrcolo.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-hawthorne-31320050/

AI Impact Partner

Joshua Aguirre @ Cressio has become our first Kingdom Connections sponsor. Cressio builds AI-powered infrastructure with a specific emphasis on Empowering the Underprivileged. Joshua is an expert in empowering Kingdom initiatives with AI. Connect with Joshua on LinkedIn to learn more about how he can help your cause, the way he’s helping us to grow at Kingdom Superpowers & Connections.

“Our breakthrough is in our blind spot.”

“I want to know you. Do you want to know who you are?”

“There’s a rawness and there’s a beauty in the rawness.”

“Jesus is my hope ... I felt like a fake, a fraud.”

“Most men pre-reject themselves before they even get engaged.”

Hero Profile

Guest Name: Chris Gifford

Company: Thread Pull

Title: Founder, Video Strategist & Men’s Coach

Industry: Video Production / Business & Personal Coaching

Power Words: Stubborn. Unflinching. Tender. Challenging. Relentless. Hopeful.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Your breakthrough is hiding in your blind spot. Chris built his entire coaching practice around one conviction: people can’t see the thing that’s holding them back, which is exactly why they need someone willing to ask about it. The question nobody wants to ask is usually the one that matters most.

2. Real help disables; it does not enable. Chris draws a hard line between comfort and contribution. He doesn’t rescue people from the cost of their own growth — he asks them to bring something to the table, because a man who hasn’t paid a price isn’t ready to receive what’s being offered.

3. Clarity in communication starts with clarity of identity. Long before Chris picks up a camera, he’s helping a business or a person answer a much older question: who are you, really? Everything else; the video, the brand, the pitch; is downstream of that.

Calling & Ideal Client

Chris works primarily with men: entrepreneurs, husbands, and fathers who look like they have it together but are quietly carrying shame, isolation, and depression. He can spot them by the way they avoid eye contact. What he offers isn’t a pep talk; it’s a refusal to look away.

Big Dream

Chris envisions a hundred-plus-acre retreat property with tiny homes, built for one-on-one healing experiences, marriage intensives, and family encounters with God. Alongside that, he wants to produce original content. He wants feature films, TV shows, and training resources that speaks directly to men, marriages, and families instead of treating faith as a Sunday-only topic. Underneath both is the same mission: helping men move from fragmentation to wholeness, and then equipping them to do the same for someone else.

Collaborate

Website: https://wearethreadpull.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thegiffchris/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearethreadpull/



Upcoming Book: Brothers in the Storm: Serve to Heal, releasing late August!

AI Impact Partner

Joshua Agurre @ Cressio (https://cressio.com) has become our first Kingdom Superpowers & Connections sponsor. Cressio builds AI-powered infrastructure with a specific emphasis on Empowering the Underprivileged. Joshua is an expert in empowering Kingdom initiatives with AI. Connect with Joshua on LinkedIn to learn more about how he can help your cause, the way he’s helping us to grow at Kingdom Superpowers & Connections. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshaguirre/

Hero Profile

Name: Peggy Bodde

Company: Sacred Work

Title: Founder, Author

Industry: Faith-Based Leadership, Mentorship

Kingdom Superpower:Transforming pain into purpose by helping others see God’s love clearly through practical encouragement, biblical truth, and unwavering identity in Christ.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Your identity in Christ must be bulletproof.Peggy emphasizes that true security and freedom come when our identity is rooted not in people—even those in faith communities—but solely in God.

2. Encouragement is transformational.From her healing through the Browns’ unconditional love to mentoring women in male-dominated workplaces, Peggy lives out the power of spoken belief and practical support.

3. Your deepest pain can become someone else’s lifeline.Peggy’s journey from a violent home to becoming a trusted mentor and author shows how God redeems even the darkest parts of our stories for Kingdom impact.

Steve Van Diest
Company/Title: Acumen, President, Front Range
Industry: Executive coaching / peer advisory / leadership development
Kingdom Superpower: Steve helps men and women face disruption honestly so God can restore them to deeper wholeness, clarity, and courage.

Steve’s journey carries the texture of both adventure and suffering. He served internationally in ministry, living in places like Chile, Spain, Mexico, and Colorado, while building a life with his wife Christine and raising their family. Along the way, painful disruptions surfaced, including a devastating marriage crisis that shattered the identity he had built around ministry, marriage, and impact. Yet that breaking became holy ground. In deep counseling, Steve encountered the love of Jesus in a way that moved from theology into lived reality. Over time, he and Christine did the hard work of going beneath symptoms to wounds, shame, fear, and codependency. What emerged was not a polished success story, but a redeemed one. Today, Steve leads from scars that have been sanctified. His life points to a God who still brings beauty from ashes and calls leaders into maturity, humility, and freedom.

Hero Profile

Guest: Caleb Price
Company: The Podcast Upload
Title: Owner
Industry: Podcast production and marketing
Core Drive: Progress
Hero Type: Achiever / Dreamer
Kingdom Superpower: Caleb builds media systems that help faith-driven leaders share meaningful stories with clarity, consistency, and conviction.

Three Main Takeaways

Caleb’s story carries a clear thread: keep going. From early criticism in a garage band to building a company that serves Christian brands, he learned that failure is not the end of the road. It is often the doorway to growth.

He also reminds us that calling needs structure. Vision matters, but so does execution. Caleb thrives where big ideas become real systems that serve people well.

Finally, his leadership is being shaped by surrender. He is candid about the sharp edges of an Achiever’s wiring and the need for the Holy Spirit to grow empathy, gratitude, and healthy rhythms.

Guest: Nate Pinches
Company: CappaWork
Title: Founder
Industry: AI Development and Business Systems

Core Drive: Progress

Kingdom Superpower: Helping leaders and product thinkers turn ideas into real working tools that increase profitability while elevating people to more meaningful work.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Bet on yourself first.
If you want others to take a risk on you, show them you have already taken that risk yourself. Building something tangible demonstrates conviction and capability.

2. Proof of work matters more than credentials.
Degrees once served as the costly signal of expertise. Today, building real tools, products, or projects publicly demonstrates capability far more effectively.

3. AI should elevate human work, not eliminate it.
The goal of automation is not replacing people. It is removing repetitive tasks so teams can focus on relationships, creativity, and meaningful service.

Hero Profile:

Name: Greg Kester
Company/Role: Business Strategy & Operations Consultant; Senior Program Manager in biotech and life sciences
Core Drive: Harmony
Hero Type: Connector / Dreamer
Unique Kingdom Superpower: Greg is an Idea Designer—a leader who fuses creativity with practicality to help individuals and teams thrive in the midst of ambiguity.

Three Main Takeaways:

1. Flourishing happens in community. Greg sees creativity not just as personal expression, but as a way to create harmony and help groups flourish together.

2. Ambiguity is a place of calling. Where others see chaos, Greg thrives—structuring uncertainty into clarity and guiding others through transitions with trust and patience.

3. Faith fuels courage to act. Thriving requires stepping forward in trust, even without full answers, knowing God will guide each step.

Name: Hannah Brusven
Company: The Swish Magazine
Title: Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Industry: Women’s media / publishing
Kingdom Superpower: Hannah helps women recover a more rooted vision of womanhood by translating timeless beauty, dignity, and legacy into modern life.

Three Main Takeaways

Hannah’s message is not about chasing nostalgia. It’s about recovering foundations. In a culture that often swings between performance and pressure, she points women back to truth, goodness, and beauty as a steadier path.

She also reframes softness as strength. Rather than treating feminine warmth, hospitality, and nurture as lesser gifts, she presents them as culture-shaping forces that build homes, communities, and memory.

Finally, her work shows that media can disciple. By creating print and digital spaces that offer thoughtful alternatives, she is not only critiquing culture. She is building a better table for women to gather around.

• Name: Charles Shivers

• Company: Transform Talent Partners;

  https://www.transformedtalent.com/

• Title: Founder & Formational Development Guide

• Industry: Talent Development, Organizational Growth

• Core Drive: Progress

• Hero Type: Dreamer / Leader

1. Start with Identity, Not Performance:
   Corporate training often fails because it skips the heart. Charles begins with self-revelation—helping people see who they truly are, which naturally unlocks better communication, decision-making, and impact.

2. Disciple-Making Works at Work:
   Charles sees no division between sacred and secular. His gospel-shaped approach to formational development is built on Jesus’s model: whole-person discipleship that transforms lives—even in corporate systems.

3. Culture Shifts When People Feel Safe:
   When people understand their design, they can speak honestly, surrender weaknesses, and celebrate strengths. That’s where great culture begins—and business results follow.

Hero Profile

Robin Shear — Global Joy Speaker & Author
Kingdom Superpower: She helps people taste and steward joy in every season, so others can encounter God’s presence through life’s messy moments.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Joy can be your ministry—without a pulpit.
   Robin’s life shows that joy isn’t confined to faith spaces. Whether on a corporate stage or in a quiet conversation, the presence of God can shine through when we carry joy intentionally.

2. Your whole life is your witness.
   You don’t have to preach to share the Gospel. As Robin puts it, people “know you’re a Christian” not because of your words, but because of your presence. Your best words will flow from your presence; your own authentic transformation. A true guide shows people the way to a place they have already been; not a place they have just heard about.

3. You don’t have to feel ready to be faithful.
   Robin reminds us that God meets us in our real circumstances—not our polished ones. Starting with what we do know about God, even in uncertainty, creates space for transformation.

Profile

Andy Williams
Company/Title: Decision Navigator / Consultant and Coach
Industry: Decision Science, Coaching, Organizational Consulting
Kingdom Superpower: Helping people get unstuck by revealing the unseen traps in their thinking and empowering them to make bold, intentional decisions.

Three Main TakeawaysDecision-making is a discipleship practice. Andy discovered that good decisions begin far earlier than we think, shaped by clarity, calling, and a mindset of purpose.

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2. Clarity leads to movement. His gift for recognizing patterns and reframing problems helps others overcome autopilot living and align their choices with God-given design.

3. Your big, bold life starts with intentionality. Living on purpose, even before discovering your capital-P Purpose, is key to transformation.

Titles: Creative Director; brand strategist, culture thinker, and faith‑work integrator.

Company: Masterworks Agency, an agency that helps nonprofits fulfill their mission through marketing/fundraising.
Kingdom Superpower: Seeing through surface‑level appearances to champion being over appearing, calling organizations and individuals to live integrated, courageous, and deeply formative Christian lives in a world shaped by algorithms and comfort.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Faithful work isn’t about making a “Christian version” of something — it’s about creating work that forms and transforms. Jeff reminds us that being overtly Christian doesn’t automatically mean being spiritually formative. Drawing from Tolkien and Lewis, he points out that great stories formed culture without pointing to themselves as Christian media.

2. Everything we create, consume, or promote forms people spiritually. Whether technology, marketing, brands, or content — every output shapes hearts and identities. Jeff’s focus at Masterworks is helping organizations that help humanity flourish rather than merely broadcasting Christian messaging.

3. Being is deeper than appearing. Real Kingdom impact often won’t “math out” by worldly metrics, yet faithfulness matters more than approval, likes, or revenue. Trusting God in decisions — even when data points otherwise — is part of living out Jesus’s life in the world.

Name: Mia Murray
Company/Title/Industry: Pastor, Regional Portfolio Manager in Multifamily Real Estate,

Kingdom Superpower: Helping others prosper in both mindset and generational wealth through spiritual and practical wisdom. Faithful Responsibility, Supernatural Boldness, Kingdom Legacy

Three Main Takeaways

1. Faith is a Path of Obedience, Not Just Belief
   Mia lives by listening and obeying God’s voice, trusting that His instructions—even when unclear—lead to eventual prosperity and breakthrough.

2. Kingdom Impact Can Happen Quietly
   In her marketplace ministry, Mia models Kingdom leadership by equipping her team and clients with wisdom—letting her life and love speak first.

3. God's Provision is Personal
   Whether through miraculous gas refills or open visions of future impact, Mia’s relationship with God is deeply intimate and expectant—rooted in the belief that He cares for every detail.

Carlos Castro & Vaughan Moore
Co‑founders, Springs Leader Movement | Leadership Health & Team Transformation

Kingdom Superpower: Helping leaders know themselves deeply so they can lead themselves well and, in turn, lead others with health and clarity.

The Dynamic Duo: Carlos and Vaughan bring complementary gifts — Carlos infuses connection, creativity, and emotional insight, and Vaughan brings structure, clarity, and strategic process. Together they guide leaders, teams, families, and communities toward wholeness in their influence and relationships.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Know yourself to lead yourself: Leadership begins with self‑awareness. Leaders who understand their patterns, strengths, and blind spots influence others with authenticity and trust.

2. Health is foundational: Physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual health are not optional extras; they enable a leader’s endurance and capacity to support others through challenges and change.

3. Leadership is relational and ongoing: Leadership isn’t a one‑time achievement. It is a journey — climbing, descending, and caring for others along the way — and leaders must embrace the process.

Hero Profile

Name: Curt Swindoll
Company / Role: EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) Implementer; Co‑founder of Grafted Life
Industry: Leadership Development, Nonprofit Consulting / Discipleship Formation

Core Drive: Order
Hero Type: Organizer Leader

One‑Sentence Summary of Kingdom Superpower:
Curt’s gift is helping organizations (especially nonprofits) weave together God’s presence, systems, leadership, and love—so that work becomes formation, joy, and impact, not just efficiency.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Living with God is the aim—not just doing ‘God’s work.’
   Curt emphasizes that the Christian invitation isn’t merely to perform spiritual duties for God, but to live life in deep relationship with Him—bringing God into every conversation, decision, and ordinary moment.

2. Reflection is non‑negotiable. Clarity comes when we stop, notice, and process.
   Curt introduces the clarity break: intentionally carving out time to reflect with God, asking “What am I ignoring? What am I trying to control or play safe with?” This becomes a counter to anxiety, fear, and doing life on autopilot.

3. Love + structure can coexist; integrity in leadership includes both people and performance.
   Curt holds a high bar—leading with order, clarity, and accountability—yet insists love be central. That means tough decisions done with honesty, care, and the posture that God cares for everyone involved.

Courtny Hewitt, Agency 11, Founder & Managing Director, Event Management
Core Drive: Order
Hero Type: Organizer / Leader
Kingdom Superpower: Courtny brings calm, structure, and momentum to complex event visions so people can gather freely, connect deeply, and experience meaningful change.

Three Main Takeaways

Courtny’s story is a picture of what happens when someone embraces how God wired them. She loves the work many people avoid: details, systems, logistics, and bringing order to moving parts. What feels overwhelming to others feels energizing to her.

She also reminds us that excellence in unseen work creates freedom for others. When an event runs seamlessly, people can be fully present instead of distracted. That presence opens the door to healing, collaboration, and community.

Her journey also highlights the value of discernment. Not every opportunity is the right fit. As she has grown, she has learned to say yes to work that aligns with joy, purpose, and real Kingdom impact.

Name: David Bates
Company: Paravel
Title: Executive Coach, Consultant
Industry: Coaching, Consulting, Leadership Development

Core Drive(s): Discernment, Wisdom, Strategic Thinking
Hero Type(s): Guide, Clarity Bringer
Kingdom Superpower: Bringing clarity and wisdom to leaders by walking alongside them in discernment, strategy, and transformation.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Coaching Is a Calling, Not a Technique
   David’s life has been shaped by a deep desire to help others thrive. From early dreams of being a helper to being affirmed as “put on the planet to be a coach,” his purpose is grounded in presence, listening, and transformation.

2. Discernment Without Application Isn’t Wisdom
   For David, wisdom is “the timely application of knowledge.” He doesn’t stop at helping others see clearly; he helps others act clearly. His blend of strategy and compassion allows him to spot the “gators in the weeds” and jump in alongside clients to wrestle them down.

3. Transformation Starts With Awareness
   A pivotal leadership course exposed how unconscious habits and ways of being were shaping David’s leadership. That crucible of growth shaped his conviction that great leaders must know how they show up, and be willing to grow from that awareness.

Hero Profile

John Schafer
Director, Light of the World
The Salvation Poem Project | Film & Animation Ministry

Core Drive: Progress

Power Words: Faithful, Collaborative, Disciplined, Visionary, Encouraging

Three Main Takeaways

1. Calling grows when dreams are surrendered.
John discovered that the right question is not “What do I want to do next?” but “God, what do You want me to do?” That shift opened doors he could never have planned.

2. Kingdom impact is built through how we lead people.
John believes what defines a Christian creative is not just the message of the film but the spirit in which it is made. Grace, patience, and trust became part of his witness.

3. Trusting God is proven in real-life pressure.
During a frightening health crisis with his son while directing a major film, John chose to trust God completely. That decision became a testimony both on and off the set.

Karl Diffenderfer
Author, Speaker, Coach of Coaches
Founder, Higher Impact
Industry: Business Coaching & Leadership Development
Kingdom Superpower: Catalyzing deep transformation through coaching, surrender, and strategic alignment to advance God’s Kingdom through business.

Three Main Takeaways

1. True transformation starts with surrender. Karl’s journey shifted when he moved from trying to control outcomes to fully releasing his will to God—unlocking healing, relational restoration, and supernatural peace.

2. Coaching is the future of Kingdom leadership. Through over 10,000 sessions, Karl has seen how coaching bridges the gap between knowing and doing, helping people overcome internal blocks to walk in their God-given identity.

3. Our calling requires alignment before action. Karl teaches that slowing down, aligning with God’s voice, and living from rest are essential for sustainable, Spirit-led impact.

Tim Morris
Chief Security Officer & Founder, Managed Service Provider
Ret. SVP of Cyber Threat Engineering & Research, Wells Fargo
Hero Types: Dreamer, Leader, Innovator
Core Drive: Progress! Forward Motion!
Kingdom Superpower: Identity-rooted risk-taking. Solving root problems with calm, identity-grounded leadership—both in cybersecurity and spiritual life.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Faith Anchors Risk: Tim’s bold career shifts weren’t rooted in ambition but identity. Leaving a stable factory job for an uncertain Y2K contract was a leap of faith—one guided by trust in how God designed him, not in titles or certainty.

2. Root Cause Thinking: Whether in corporate systems or spiritual life, Tim pursues core solutions. His ability to diagnose and address underlying issues—rather than slap on quick fixes—became his standout strength, both as a technologist and leader.

3. Spiritual-Cyber Parallels: Tim’s lens on cybersecurity mirrors spiritual warfare: breaches happen through stolen identity or exploited vulnerability. His insight encourages believers to maintain daily spiritual “hygiene” through reflection, worship, and identity in Christ.

Hero Profile 

Name: Sam Jolman
Title: Therapist, Author of The Sex Talk You Never Got

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Industry: Counseling / Christian Formation
Kingdom Superpower: Calling and equipping men to reclaim their God-given identity as lovers through beauty, awe, and redemptive sexuality.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Men are made to be lovers, not just warriors. Sam reframes masculinity to include emotional depth, romantic capacity, and spiritual awe.

2. Sexual discipleship begins with beauty and awe. Teaching kids about sex should start with wonder, not fear.

3. Healing comes by bringing shame into the light. True freedom starts when men integrate their story, their wounds, and their sexuality into God's redeeming love.

In this conversation, Todd Linder emphasizes the mission of their organization to empower families and communities through the success of their clients. He discusses the broader impact of client achievements, highlighting a 'waterfall effect' that benefits everyone involved. The dialogue underscores the importance of health and alignment with a higher purpose in achieving these goals.

Takeaways

The reason we exist is to help the families and communities of our clients win.

Client success has a ripple effect on families and communities.

A healthy client leads to a healthy community.

The organization's mission is aligned with a higher purpose.

Winning for clients means winning for everyone around them.

Support and empowerment are key to community success.

The impact of client success is like a waterfall.

Assisting clients in their journey is a priority.

Understanding the broader impact of individual success is crucial.

The organization aims to create a positive change in society.

Keywords

client success, community impact, family empowerment, health, support, winning, God's path

Courtney Navey
Fractional COO, Strategy Lab Founder
Industry: Executive Operations, Leadership Development
Kingdom Superpower: Cultivating character and clarity through integrity, accountability, and faith-rooted leadership.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Legacy is built in the daily dash. Courtney lives with a deep awareness that his legacy is shaped by how he invests today, especially in the next generation.

2. Integrity and accountability aren't optional—they're Kingdom tools. His consistent leadership model is fueled by faith and responsibility, not ego or accolades.

3. Mentorship multiplies. Life-shaping mentors poured into Courtney during pivotal seasons, and now he carries their impact forward into others.

In this conversation, Todd Linder emphasizes the mission of their organization to empower families and communities through the success of their clients. He discusses the broader impact of client achievements, highlighting a 'waterfall effect' that benefits everyone involved. The dialogue underscores the importance of health and alignment with a higher purpose in achieving these goals.

Takeaways

• The reason we exist is to help the families and communities of our clients win.
• Client success has a ripple effect on families and communities.
• A healthy client leads to a healthy community.
• The organization's mission is aligned with a higher purpose.
• Winning for clients means winning for everyone around them.
• Support and empowerment are key to community success.
• The impact of client success is like a waterfall.
• Assisting clients in their journey is a priority.
• Understanding the broader impact of individual success is crucial.
• The organization aims to create a positive change in society.

Keywords

client success, community impact, family empowerment, health, support, winning, God's path

Hero Profile:

Name: Tahni Cullen, Josiah Cullen
Company: Author of Josiah’s Fire, Speaker, Ministry Leader
Title/Industry: Author, Speaker, Faith + Family Advocacy
Kingdom Superpower: Deep and powerful loving hope; beautiful faith and awe; artistic passion.

Three Main Takeaways:

1. Hope is a fight—but it’s worth it. Tahni’s refusal to settle for a life of mere coping opened the door to miraculous breakthroughs for her son and herself.

2. God meets us uniquely in our pain. Tahni pressed into her faith in a time when it seemed that He had abandoned her. She chose hoping over coping, and discovered God’s grace in a thousand unexpected ways.

3. There is prophetic beauty in the overlooked. Josiah’s non-speaking autism became a vessel for profound poetry and theological insight. God uses overlooked of vessels to show forth his glory and wonder.

H.B. Pasley
Brand & Business Growth Advisor
https://www.pasleycommercialinteriors.com
Industry: Commercial Interior Design, Branding, Business Coaching

Core Drive: Progress

Power Words: Insightful, Relational, Courageous, Creative, Encouraging

THREE MAIN TAKEAWAYS

• Fear loses power when it is named honestly and processed in trusted community.
• Branding is far more than logos and colors. It is anything that helps people trust you faster.
• God sometimes reshapes pioneers by teaching them the joy of supporting and championing others instead of always leading the charge.

JOURNEY

H.B. Pasley’s story is one of transformation through experience, failure, faith, and persistence. Growing up in Alabama, he discovered early that fear could quietly control a person’s life. As a child, he failed beginner swimming lessons multiple times because he was terrified of jumping off the diving board. Years later, that same experience became a gift. As a swimming instructor, he could recognize fear in other children before panic fully surfaced, helping them overcome obstacles because he had walked through them himself.

That pattern followed him into adulthood. H.B. spent decades pioneering creative ministry work, mentoring leaders, musicians, and visionaries. Then, at age 52, a major season of his life unexpectedly closed. Without a clear plan for what came next, he entered years of uncertainty that forced him to rediscover identity outside of performance, achievement, and leadership titles.

What emerged was a deeper understanding of intimacy with God and a new passion for helping others thrive. Today, through Pasley Commercial Interiors, H.B. combines branding strategy, coaching, storytelling, and commercial design into a unique Kingdom-centered approach that helps business owners communicate trust, clarity, and purpose. His greatest joy now comes from helping pioneers overcome fear and watching others succeed.

CALLING & IDEAL CLIENT

H.B. serves pioneers, business owners, and professional service leaders who know they are called to something greater but feel stuck at a plateau. He especially loves working with people who deliver wisdom, guidance, and transformation rather than simply selling products.

His approach to branding is deeply relational. He defines branding as “anything that helps your ideal client trust you faster.” That includes messaging, storytelling, customer experience, team culture, interior environments, and even how people talk about your business after they leave.

He is especially passionate about helping businesses with physical spaces align their environments with their mission and helping professional service leaders communicate their value with authenticity and confidence.

BIG DREAM

• To become a master at helping businesses build trust-centered brands that truly reflect who they are.
• To make high-level branding support more accessible through collaborative partnership models instead of overwhelming one-time costs.
• To continue investing in and championing the success of his wife, sons, and other Kingdom pioneers.

COLLABORATE

Website:
https://www.pasleycommercialinteriors.com

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hbpasley/

If you are a visionary leader, professional service provider, hospitality entrepreneur, or business owner needing clarity around branding, storytelling, customer trust, or interior experience, H.B. is building solutions designed to help pioneers move forward with confidence.

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Hero Profile

Name: Nathan (Nate) Ullrich
Company/Role: Executive Pastor, The Bridge Church; Founder, Integro Consulting
Industry: Church Leadership, Consulting, Missions

• Core Drives: Order/Progress

• Hero Types: Organizer/Dreamer

Kingdom Superpower:
Operational and strategic leadership rooted in a missionary heart, equipping churches to embody gospel transformation through self-consistent, community-anchored institutions.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Vision and execution must work in tandem. Nate models what it looks like for a visionary and an integrator to function in deep mutual trust—enabling the church to thrive without overburdening one leader.

2. Missionary principles apply at home. Nate brings the same contextual, relational approach he learned overseas into his local community in Colorado, proving that the call to missions starts in our zip codes.

3. Church health requires balance. Nate’s vision of planting sustainable churches led by prophet-priest-king teams ensures that no single leader has to carry the full weight alone—avoiding burnout and fostering long-term fruit.

Name: Cory Carlson
Company: Cory M Carlson, LLC
Title: Executive Coach, Speaker, Author
Industry: Coaching & Leadership Development
Kingdom Superpower: Encouraging and challenging leaders to align faith, family, and work for lasting impact.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Integrated Living Is Possible: Success at home and work isn’t an either-or choice. With mindset shifts and intentional habits, leaders can thrive in both spaces.

2. Peace Comes Through Trust: True peace is found by surrendering control—trusting God with outcomes while focusing on faithful inputs.

3. Encouragement + Challenge = Growth: Cory’s superpower lies in knowing when to encourage and when to challenge, catalyzing breakthrough for both burned-out and thriving leaders.

Hero Profile

Name: Joshua Straub
Company: Famous at Home
Title: Co-founder, Author, Shepherd of Households
Industry: Family Coaching & Spiritual Formation
Core Drive: Harmony
Hero Type: Connector / Dreamer
Kingdom Superpower: Creating emotionally safe environments where families are healed, strengthened, and revived through Christ’s presence

Three Main Takeaways

1. Transformation begins with the heart, not behavior. Joshua teaches that emotional safety is foundational in parenting, marriage, and leadership—and true safety begins by knowing we are deeply loved by God.

2. Family revival starts with personal revival. Healing from past wounds and bringing them to Jesus is essential. We can't give what we haven't received.

3. Your home is your greatest stage. Being "famous at home" means investing in the people who matter most so that our public callings overflow from private wholeness.

Takeaways

• Music and food are universal connectors that transcend differences.
• Defining moments can lead to profound personal transformation.
• People pleasing can hinder authenticity and true connection.
• Vulnerability is essential for genuine relationships.
• Seeking discomfort can lead to growth and adventure.
• Setting tables fosters community and connection.
• The table symbolizes belonging and shared humanity.
• Every table can be a place of healing and acceptance.
• Outcomes do not define our worth or success.
• Faithfulness to our calling is more important than results.

Sound Bytes

• "We are setting a place for you."
• "Every table is Jesus' table."
• "I am not defined by the outcome."

Hero Profile

Name: Chris DeBlasio
Company / Role: Founder & Executive Director, ROI Discipleship (ROI Ministries)
Industry: Faith‑based entrepreneurship, discipleship in the marketplace, creative media
Core Drive: Progress — a consistent drive to build, to create, to multiply
Kingdom Superpower: Chris is a bridge‑builder who fuses creative influence and biblical leadership to equip marketplace leaders to make disciples and transform communities.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Creativity + Business Must Coexist Under Kingdom Principles
   Chris’s journey from acting, production, and entrepreneurship shows that creativity and commerce are not oppositional. He believes business done under biblical values isn’t secondary but a primary arena for Kingdom influence.

2. Leadership is Discipleship in Motion
   True leadership, as Chris describes, isn’t merely giving direction — it’s empowering others to lead, to disciple, to replicate the vision. He says, “you are not just leading them — you’re making them leaders.”

3. Community, Counsel & Multiplication Fuel Sustainability
   ROI Discipleship’s model underscores that growth alone isn’t enough. Wisdom through godly counsel, relational accountability, and multiplying leaders is essential to transform not just individuals, but whole communities through commerce.

Hero Profile:

Name: Seung Paik
Company: Leadernomics
Title: Founder, Author
Industry: Leadership Development & Economics

Kingdom Superpower: Translating the discipline of economics into a deeply relational, heart-probing mentorship model that restores the pricelessness of people and leadership.

Three Main Takeaways:

1. Leadership Without Love Is Management. Seung challenges leaders to move beyond commodifying people for results, calling them to see and treat individuals as inherently priceless.

2. Mentorship Is a Legacy, Not a Luxury. When organizations treat mentorship as an optional benefit rather than a leadership responsibility, they miss the opportunity to catalyze transformation.

3. Economics Is a Mirror. Seung’s approach to economics isn’t about spreadsheets; it’s about heart-checks. He reframes economics as a mentor that reveals motivations and shapes better decision-making.

Guest: Blaze Panariso
Company: CBIZ
Title: Employee Benefits Consultant
Industry: Employee Benefits / Insurance Consulting
Core Drive: Progress
Hero Type: Achiever / Connector
Kingdom Superpower: Blaze helps employers turn confusing benefits decisions into caring, practical strategies that protect people and strengthen workplace culture. Blaze is an Employee Benefits Consultant with CBIZ in Colorado, and CBIZ’s Colorado Springs office provides employee benefits consulting among its services.

Three Main Takeaways

First, benefits are never just numbers on a spreadsheet. They are deeply human decisions that affect whether families feel covered, cared for, and able to breathe when life gets hard.

Second, wise stewardship matters. Blaze encourages employers and employees alike to be active, ask questions, and think holistically instead of drifting into the cheapest option and hoping for the best.

Third, benefits can become an extension of culture. A healthy workplace is not only compliant or competitive. It is intentional about helping people flourish.

Guest: Dave Sheets
Company: Believers Book Services
Title: President & Owner
Industry: Independent Publishing Services
Kingdom Superpower: Integrating people, process, and purpose so entrepreneurs can turn their stories into strategic business assets that expand their impact.

Three Main Takeaways

1. A book is a business tool. For entrepreneurs, a book is often less about royalties and more about credibility, client acquisition, and influence.

2. Clarity creates momentum. Defining a narrow target audience and realistic goals transforms a vague idea into a focused strategy.

3. Story unlocks authority. When leaders articulate their lived experience with excellence, doors open that would otherwise remain closed.

he Entrepreneurial Publishing Advantage

One of the biggest revelations from this conversation is simple yet profound: Dave is not merely helping people publish books. He is equipping entrepreneurs with a strategic asset.

Many of his clients are coaches, consultants, pastors, speakers, and founders. They are not trying to become full-time authors. They are building businesses, ministries, and movements.

The book becomes a lever.

Dave understands something critical: when two professionals share similar experience and expertise, the one with a book is often perceived as the authority. A book functions as a costly signal. It communicates depth, commitment, and credibility. It tells the world, “I’ve done the work.”

Instead of promising bestseller status, Dave reframes the conversation around return on mission. Can this book open speaking doors? Can it attract ideal clients? Can it anchor a consulting framework? Can it clarify your message so your business scales with integrity?

That entrepreneurial lens changes everything. The book is no longer the end goal. It becomes a strategic engine inside a larger business model.

Introducing Kai and Chad!

Kai Blakeboro, a senior research analyst at Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company, and Chad Wooters, co-founder of Kairos Talks, are two thought leaders navigating the crossroads of artificial intelligence and Christian faith. Their posture is clear-eyed and hopeful—deeply aware of both the dangers and the redemptive possibilities AI offers. With backgrounds in research, automation, and ministry-minded tech, they’re passionate about making AI accessible, ethical, and God-honoring. They carry the tone of wise stewards, not alarmists—inviting believers into thoughtful, transformative engagement with the digital frontier.

Three Main Takeaways1. AI Needs a Human Soul to Guide It
Chad and Kai are adamant: AI must serve people, not replace them. From helping businesses scale responsibly to training virtual assistants, they see AI as a multiplier—not a master. Their approach is both strategic and relational.

2. Caution Without Fear
Both leaders emphasize the importance of discernment. Whether it’s bias, loss of critical thinking, or data privacy, they advocate for healthy boundaries—especially in areas that affect spiritual and mental health.

3. Image Bearers Must Lead the Way
The foundational belief that humans are made in the image of God shapes everything. As Kai shared, “Humans were made in the image of God—AI wasn’t.” That truth becomes a north star in how we build, apply, and govern new tools.

Hero Profile

Name: Adrian Waldron
Industry / Role: Entrepreneur, business operator & tech strategist
Core Drive: Progress
Hero Type: Achiever
Kingdom Superpower: Adrian’s Kingdom Superpower is building scalable systems, harnessing drive through the discipline of rest; receiving deep, transformational mentorship; stewarding a heart to give this same mentorship to younger men throughout his life.

Three Main Takeaways

THREE MAIN TAKEAWAYS

• Growth begins when fear is faced or shared; isolation slows progress, but community accelerates it.
• Intentional living requires structure; clearly defined values guide daily decisions and long-term impact.
• True influence creates win-win outcomes and invites others into shared success, not competition.

JOURNEY
Brandon’s story begins with movement and challenge. As an Army brat, he experienced constant change, including a formative childhood moment marked by fear and responsibility. That early lesson became a lifelong anchor: don’t let fear dictate action, and don’t hesitate to ask for help.

His professional path took shape through years in banking, where he discovered a passion for community investment. Watching how institutions could support local growth awakened a deeper calling. Over time, his role shifted from executor to visionary, recognizing patterns, guiding strategy, and empowering others to succeed.

Today, Brandon leads with both structure and heart. His journey reflects a steady evolution toward clarity, where faith, experience, and intentionality converge. He continues to grow as a student, writer, and leader, helping others navigate their own entrepreneurial seasons with confidence and purpose.

CALLING & IDEAL CLIENT
Brandon is called to serve entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and communities seeking growth and alignment. He helps those who feel overwhelmed, isolated, or uncertain about their next step.

Through the SBDC, he provides free, confidential advising and access to experienced mentors. His nonprofit consulting work equips boards to lead effectively, fostering clarity in mission and governance.

At his core, Brandon cares about helping people move forward. He creates environments where individuals feel supported, challenged, and equipped to succeed.

BIG DREAM
Brandon envisions a future where communities thrive through empowered entrepreneurs and aligned organizations. His upcoming book, The Edison Effect, will guide readers through the seasons of entrepreneurship, offering clarity and encouragement.

He also aims to expand his influence in nonprofit leadership, equipping organizations to operate with greater intentionality, unity, and impact. Ultimately, his dream is to leave a legacy of strengthened communities and leaders who multiply that impact.

COLLABORATE
Connect with Brandon Eldridge through:
Website: https://www.coloradosbdc.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-eldridge
SBDC Colorado Springs: https://www.sbdc.colorado.gov

He actively collaborates with entrepreneurs, nonprofit boards, and community leaders seeking strategic guidance and growth.

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Hero Profile

Name: Guin Kendrick
Title: National Accounts Manager, Singer Equipment
Industry: Food Service & Hospitality
Kingdom Superpower: Cultivating courage, humility, and integrity to serve others with excellence and faith in every sphere—from family to corporate leadership.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Integrity is the Cowboy Code: Guin lives by simple, timeless principles—tell the truth, honor your word, serve with humility, and make decisions based on long-term relationships.

2. Gratitude Fuels Purpose: Gratitude isn’t passive—it propels action. As Guin says, “Gratitude has a response. Because of this, I can give and work and help and serve.”

3. Faith at Work is Leadership: Whether guiding a raft, raising kids, or leading a team, Guin’s faith directs him to show mercy, act humbly, and help others succeed for God’s glory.

HERO PROFILE
Gabe Rodriguez
Sales & Operations Leader, Morton Salt
Author, The Christmas Story: The Father and The Easter Story: The Son
Industry: Consumer Goods / Faith-Based Author

POWER WORDS
Intentional, Service-minded, Reflective, Courageous, Faith-building

THREE MAIN TAKEAWAYS

1. FAITH MUST BE BUILT AT HOME BEFORE IT SPREADS OUTWARD
Gabe realized he was outsourcing his children’s faith formation instead of leading it. That conviction became the catalyst for writing resources he wished he had earlier as a father.

2. STORY UNLOCKS UNDERSTANDING WHERE INFORMATION ALONE CANNOT
After a failed attempt to teach faith through structured lessons, Gabe discovered that storytelling makes Scripture approachable, memorable, and engaging for young people.

3. TRANSFORMATION BEGINS WITH RELATIONSHIP, NOT PERFORMANCE
Moving from checklist Christianity to authentic intimacy with God changed Gabe’s trajectory. His message reminds believers that faith grows through relationship, not religious activity alone.

JOURNEY
Gabe Rodriguez describes much of his early faith experience as lukewarm, shaped more by cultural exposure than intentional discipleship. While church was present in his upbringing, spiritual rhythms inside the home were largely absent. As his own children reached middle and high school, he began to see his younger self reflected in their experience.

During a season of personal growth in his early fifties, Gabe became more involved in men’s groups, Bible studies, and intentional community. That investment deepened his understanding of Scripture and sparked a growing conviction. Success markers like career advancement and material goals began to lose their appeal as he recognized a greater calling toward Kingdom impact.

His first attempt to bring faith structure into his family life felt forced and unsuccessful. Yet that moment became the seed of inspiration. Instead of giving up, Gabe sensed a persistent spiritual nudge that eventually led him to begin writing what would become his Trinity Story series.

Today, Gabe sees his writing as an act of obedience and legacy building. His focus remains simple and clear: pass faith to the next generation in a way they can understand, remember, and carry forward.

CALLING & IDEAL CLIENT
Gabe serves Christian families, especially fathers who want to become more intentional spiritual leaders at home but feel unsure where to start. His books help parents introduce biblical truth through story rather than intimidation.

His heart is especially for families with teenagers and preteens who need engaging ways to understand the larger narrative of Scripture.

BIG DREAM
Gabe’s dream is to see his Trinity Story series widely accessible to families, small groups, and youth communities. His greatest desire is simple: that parents and children would develop consistent rhythms of remembering God’s story together.

He also hopes to make these resources widely available, even exploring ways to distribute them freely so more families can benefit.

COLLABORATE
Connect with Gabe Rodriguez and explore his work:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabe-rodriguez-63969328/

Books: Available on Amazon

The Christmas Story: The Father
https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Story-Father-Gabe-Rodriguez/dp/B0G16N5QR8

The Easter Story: The Son
https://www.amazon.com/Easter-Story-Gabe-Rodriguez/dp/B0GLT7VR8L/

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Joshua Aguirre
Founder, Cresio & Joshua’s Wave
AI Systems Architecture & Social Impact
Core Drive: Progress
Power Words: Compassionate, Strategic, Resilient, Visionary, Equipping

Three Main Takeaways

1. Pain can become purpose when surrendered to God.
Joshua’s early life included trauma, near-death experiences, and family hardship. Rather than allowing pain to define his future, he chose to let it clarify his calling. As he shared, “I could internalize this pain and let it drag me down… or pivot this pain to something purposeful.”

2. Entrepreneurship can restore dignity.
Joshua believes sustainable transformation happens when people are empowered to create value. His mission centers on helping underserved individuals build businesses rather than remain dependent on systems. His conviction is clear: “Entrepreneurship can be a pathway out of systemic homelessness.”

3. Technology should close gaps, not widen them.
While AI often increases inequality through access barriers, Joshua focuses on democratizing these tools. He explained his motivation simply: “We’re equipping the people that need this technology the most first.”

Story

Joshua Aguirre’s story is one of transformation forged through adversity. Childhood trauma, serious injuries, and family mental health struggles exposed him early to both suffering and resilience. These experiences shaped a deep awareness that life is short and meant to be invested in meaningful impact.

Growing up, he absorbed two powerful influences. His father, an immigrant master technician, demonstrated systems thinking by rebuilding engines. His mother modeled compassion by welcoming struggling people into their home. Together, these examples formed Joshua’s unique blend of technical insight and relational care.

As a young entrepreneur building websites and marketing solutions, Joshua began asking a deeper question: Why build businesses if they do not also repair broken systems?

That question eventually led to launching Joshua’s Wave, a nonprofit focused on ending homelessness through entrepreneurship, and Cresio, a social impact consulting firm helping purpose-driven organizations scale through ethical AI implementation.

Today, his work reflects a consistent theme: helping people see possibility. Whether teaching AI to underserved entrepreneurs or helping someone transition from homelessness to business ownership, Joshua is driven by what he described as those breakthrough moments when someone can suddenly visualize a better future.

Ideal Client

Joshua serves purpose-driven founders, underserved entrepreneurs, and social impact organizations seeking sustainable growth. His work focuses on leaders who prioritize people over profit and want to create meaningful change through innovation and technology.

Big Dream

Joshua is pursuing bold Kingdom impact:

• Ending systemic homelessness through entrepreneurship pathways
• Expanding ethical AI education to underserved communities
• Building scalable systems that multiply social impact nationwide

Collaborate

Connect with Joshua Aguirre:

Cressio: https://cressio.com/ai-services/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshaguirre/

Joshua is available for speaking engagements, AI workshops, and partnerships with social impact organizations.

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HERO PROFILE

Nathan LaGrange
Executive Director, Oasis Rest International

Core Drive: Harmony

Power Words: Restorative, Compassionate, Courageous, Reflective, Joyful

THREE MAIN TAKEAWAYS

God’s kindness can transform even the most broken stories.

Rest is a Kingdom rhythm, not a luxury.

Leaders heal best in safe community.

JOURNEY

Nathan LaGrange openly describes his early years as chaotic, self-centered, and spiritually lost. Then God intervened through a woman who would eventually become his wife of 30 years. After encountering Jesus at a small Christian concert during college, Nathan’s life changed dramatically. He immersed himself in Scripture, ministry, worship leadership, and eventually pastoral work.

Alongside his wife Trisha, Nathan helped plant churches, mentor young adults, and write worship music. Yet some of the deepest transformation came through hardship. During a season filled with church planting pressures, international adoption, and the sudden loss of Trisha’s parents, Nathan and his family experienced profound grief and exhaustion. In that valley, a new question emerged: Where do leaders go when they are broken?

That question became the seed for Oasis Rest International. Today, Nathan helps pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders find safe spaces to slow down, reconnect with God, and dream again.

CALLING & IDEAL CLIENT

Nathan serves weary pastors, missionaries, nonprofit leaders, and Christian executives carrying burdens they often feel unable to share publicly.

Through Oasis Rest International, leaders experience hospitality, confidentiality, spiritual encouragement, and personalized retreats designed to help them reconnect with God and rediscover healthy rhythms of life and leadership.

Nathan describes rest as a “sacred contradiction” in a culture obsessed with speed and performance.

BIG DREAM

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• Kevin Anselmo, Founder of Experiential Communications and author of Reframing Career Success, operates at the intersection of faith, strategic messaging, and leadership development.

• Core Drive: Progress

• Hero Type: Dreamer, Connector, Communicator

• Kingdom Superpower: Kevin helps educational institutions and other organizations translate complex messages into clear communication that advances trust, alignment, and transformation.

1. Clarity Through Courageous Curiosity
   Whether decoding dense academic jargon or aligning a team’s message, Kevin’s gift lies in asking honest, clarifying questions. “I got the confidence to say, I don’t understand…there’s a good chance that a lot of people don’t know what you’re saying.” His work helps leaders and organizations replace confusion with coherent, mission-aligned messaging.

2. His Book: Redefining Career Success
   Kevin challenges Christians to move beyond prosperity-driven definitions of success. His book invites readers to ask deeper questions about calling, faithfulness, and provision. “I used to pray for outcomes…my prayer now is…help me to trust in you whether I get a positive response or negative response.”

Name: Holly Fisher
Company: Fisher Creative Marketing
Title: Marketing & Messaging Strategist
Industry: Marketing, PR, and Communications

Core Drive: Order
Hero Types: Leader, Connector
Kingdom Superpower: Holly brings clarity and confidence to overwhelmed business leaders, organizing their marketing so they can thrive with messaging that truly connects.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Clarity is the antidote to overwhelm. Holly helps businesses cut through the noise by prioritizing the few marketing actions that make the biggest impact.

2. Words create transformation. Whether as a journalist or strategist, Holly has always used communication to engage, inspire, and help others grow.

3. Caregiving leadership multiplies impact. Holly’s heart to nurture and galvanize others shapes both her professional work and her personal calling.

Name: Ryan Wall
Company / Role: EOS Implementer, founder of FamilyOS, coach & systems builder
Industry: Leadership / Organizational coaching, faith‑driven entrepreneurship
Core Drive: Order
Hero Type: Leader / Achiever
Kingdom Superpower: Ryan’s Kingdom Superpower is bringing structure, vision, and frameworks to both organizations and families so people can live intentionally and finish well.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Finish well over start strong. One of Ryan’s defining moments was being asked early in college to write his own eulogy and tombstone—he’s lived with that question ever since: does what I’m doing today align with how I’ll want to be remembered?

2. Multiply through others over doing it all yourself. After seasons of founding tech ventures, crashing and recovering, Ryan shifted toward coaching others—helping leaders leverage gifts rather than shoulder everything alone.

3. Frameworks bring freedom, not rigidity. Whether in business (EOS) or in family life (FamilyOS), Ryan believes structure and systems are not ends in themselves, but tools to free us to focus on the essential: relationships, calling, faith, and generational legacy.

Hero Profile

Nick Dial, COO and Co-Owner, Booth Bingo; fleet solutions professional, author, and entrepreneur
Industry: Event engagement technology, business development, fleet management
Core Drive: Progress
Hero Type: Connector / Achiever
Kingdom Superpower: Nick helps people win through clear service, strong relationships, and purposeful action that turns ideas into measurable impact.

Three Main Takeaways

Nick’s story reminds us that drive is most powerful when it is aimed on behalf of people, not at them. He carries a rare mix of ambition and sincerity, refusing to treat relationships as transactions. He also shows how mentorship can change a life, especially when it is marked by honesty, challenge, and belief. Finally, his example reinforces that faith-shaped leadership looks like stewardship: using influence, business, and effort to bring life to others.

1. Flourishing starts with relationships. Easton keeps returning to a simple conviction: when people listen well, trust grows, and real change becomes possible.

2. Schools are a gateway to city transformation. If a community wants to care for families, challenges, and future hope, the school around the corner is a powerful place to begin.

3. Lasting impact does not require loud leadership. Easton’s story is a reminder that steady, humble, behind-the-scenes leadership can move a city.

Joel Swanson
Expert EOS Implementer
Industry: Organizational Leadership, Business Consulting

Kingdom Superpower:
Joel Swanson brings clarity and alignment to organizations so they can operate with freedom and purpose. Through EOS, he equips leaders to create systems that unleash Jesus-shaped love—self-sacrificial, others-oriented, and transformational.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Clarity Unlocks Mission
   Joel isn’t trying to run his clients’ businesses or nonprofits. Instead, he helps them align vision, communication, and execution so that their leadership can become more fruitful and focused.

2. The Power of Entering as a Guest
   Across every cultural setting—from Amish businesses to global ministries—Joel shows up as a guest, not an expert with all the answers. This posture of humility creates space for mutual learning, connection, and transformation.

3. Nonprofits Deserve Structure that Frees Them
   Joel is pioneering a growing movement to bring EOS into the nonprofit space, showing how mission-driven work can thrive when built on clarity, alignment, and operational excellence.

Hero Profile

Name: Marvin Harrell
Company: Harrell Designs

Ministry: Artist, storyteller, nonprofit consultant / creator of “kingdom artifacts,” founder of Meet the Maker on Substack.
Industry: Faith-based arts, spiritual formation, nonprofit storytelling & communication

Kingdom Superpower:
Marvin’s Kingdom superpower is calling people to awe through creating “kingdom artifacts” — pieces of art, ritual, story, and imagination that invite people into awe, belonging, and the love of the Father.

He also curates others towards a mutual appreciation of art, creating spaces for shared awe.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Identity rescued is identity released.
   Marvin’s story shows that God’s rescue in moments of despair isn’t just for deliverance — it rebuilds how we see ourselves, enabling us to live freely, not from shame but from sonship.

2. Wonder, delight, worship are spiritual disciplines.
   Joy and awe aren’t optional extras or spontaneous byproducts — they are cultivated. Practices like delighting in God, setting rhythms of worship, inviting imagination, noticing beauty — these are spiritual tools that combat fear, scarcity, and identity-thieves.

3. Art & storytelling become portals into the Kingdom.
   When crafted from a heart rescued by God, art and narrative become artifacts that carry meaning across time. Marvin invites people not just to consume but to enter, investigate, belong, and be transformed.

Dr. Melindajoy Mingo
Author, Professor, Speaker | Multicultural Engagement and Compassionate Leadership

Core Drive: Harmony

Hero Type: Leader | Connector | Healer

Kingdom Superpower: Dr. Mingo embodies the healing power of presence, liberating the potential in others through compassion, dignity, and unshakable belief in their worth.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Pain Can Carry Purpose
   Dr. Mingo’s journey from childhood bullying to adult homelessness formed the foundation of her calling. Rather than allowing pain to define her, she embraced it as part of her mission: “Our pain has a mission attached to it.”

2. Healing Happens Through Presence
   Whether with college students or Wall Street executives, Dr. Mingo carries an “aroma of kindness” that transcends words. Her presence affirms worth, inviting others into transformation simply by being fully with them.

3. Compassion Requires Action
   She distinguishes between empathy and compassion—empathy feels, but compassion suffers with and shows up. “Let me come and sit with you… not coming to give you an answer. Let me come and let you know you’re worth me sitting beside you.”

Hero Profile Name: Candice Levert
Title & Industry: IT Procurement Manager, Technology
Core Drive: Order
Hero Type: Organizer | Nurturer
Kingdom Superpower: Bringing peace through structure and care in complex systemsThree Main Takeaways

1. God Cares About the Work Itself: Candice discovered that her daily responsibilities—leading meetings, creating order, nurturing a team—are not just necessary but sacred. This transformed how she sees her work.

2. Structure Enables Peace: With a dual gift for nurture and organization, Candice turns chaos into calm by implementing small systems that build human connection and productivity, even across cultures.

3. Faith and Work Are Meant to Be Integrated: Her journey from compartmentalizing God and work to inviting Him into every moment has been freeing and transformational.

Todd Crippin
VP of Network Development, Optum
Healthcare Industry

Core Drive: Harmony / Progress
Hero Type: Connector / Dreamer

Kingdom Superpower:
Todd Crippin is an empathetic, faith-filled teacher whose Kingdom Superpower lies in nurturing spiritual growth and equipping others for faithful obedience.

Three Main Takeaways

• Transformation Is Ongoing: Todd's journey from being a "poser" Christian in his youth to a faithful, empathetic leader demonstrates how deeply God transforms hearts over time, especially through relationships and hardship.

• Listening as Ministry: His gift for attentive, spirit-led listening is an act of love and a vital ministry tool that fosters healing and trust.

• Legacy Through Obedience: Todd’s devotional workbook, born from personal conviction and a desire to leave a spiritual legacy, reflects how calling often emerges from what we long to pass on to those we love most.

Steve Pyfrom
Head of Strategy and Sales, The Nine Digital
Industry: Digital Marketing & Strategy
Kingdom Superpower: Evangelistic Encouragement – inviting outsiders into belonging and calling them into the warmth of God’s family.

Three Main Takeaways

1. Your place of pain can become your place of ministry. Steve’s journey from bullied, isolated teen to Christ-following inviter shows how Jesus often transforms wounds into callings.

2. God’s calling isn't always vocational ministry. A shift from full-time pastoring to sales leadership helped Steve rediscover his superpower outside traditional ministry.

3. Being known and seen by God is enough. The deeper work of surrender means learning to live from belovedness rather than striving for affirmation.