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E165: Paige Whitaker and Dr. Eliyahu Lozar (Double Feature)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2153202/fan_mail/new] These special, condensed conversations were recorded at the 2026 U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce SWC Conference in Orlando Paige Whitaker - Brand Growth and Partnerships Manager at 316 Financial - shares her faith and her work including growing up in the church; how a new job and newborn brought her closer to Jesus after having distanced herself for a while; IVF, heartache, and loss required her to “lean in”; how God used her previous experience to help her in her new role; what 316 Financial does; uncomfortable Bible study; going to scripture when questions arise; spending time with God at night, and much more!  Episode begins at the 20:01 mark Eliyahu Lotzar - Founder of Reframed Reality and Working with God - shares his faith journey and his work including being raised Jewish; an encounter with God at 8 years old in Israel where he felt God say “they aren’t looking for me”; an encounter with Jesus at Notre Dame in Paris; when taking communion felt rebellious; hiding his new found relationship with Jesus from his family; an uncomfortable birthday conversation; helping leaders hear from God better; the 10 Modes of Elevated Leadership; and much more!  Support the show [https://cash.app/$Preachwhereyoureach]

E164: Richard Gamble

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2153202/fan_mail/new] Richard Gamble - Founder of the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer - shares his faith, his journey, and his vision for this extraordinary monument - including growing up in a household that didn’t believe in God; how his mom’s cancer scare drew him to God; someone sharing the gospel with him “over a pint”; how God used his frustration and struggles to speak the gospel to former acquaintances; a “tractor metaphor”; always wanting to make a lot of money and having the desire to be “top dog”; being weird; when humility met his aspirations; the genesis of the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer; how God spoke to him at 3:00 AM on a hilltop; how this iconic project will be a monument of hope for those who have gone through - or are going through - similar adversities; encouraging people to submit answered prayers to the website; the impact of Joseph; his own answered prayer regarding his spine; the time he carried a cross around his county; the extraordinary story of how the land for the monument was acquired; recalibrating the soul by remembering what God has done; and so much more!  https://www.eternalwall.org.uk/ [https://www.eternalwall.org.uk/] Support the show [https://cash.app/$Preachwhereyoureach]

E163: Dr. Dave Jones

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2153202/fan_mail/new] Dr. Dave Jones - Founder of M is Good and a Sports Psychology Coach - takes us on his faith journey and how his faith informs the work that he does including growing up playing hockey outside Erie, PA; how winning the State Championship - and the celebration that followed - led him to Jesus; his desire to break free from his childhood town and seeking positive attention through hockey; how a slap shot to the face brought him closer to Jesus; joining the Air Force; how his long distance relationship helped keep him in the Word; how his desire to never go back to what was created a drive and determination in all aspects of his life; how we think of money in Kingdom work; how his Christian marketing company, M is Good, began; how an encounter with someone at a Taco Bell fuelled his passion for growth and development; Plan to Win; the peaks and valleys in threes; the impact of the book “Who Moved My Cheese”; toxic motivators of fear, lust, anger, pride; his upcoming book; and so much more!  https://misgood.com/ [https://misgood.com/] Support the show [https://cash.app/$Preachwhereyoureach]

E162: Lindy Cleveland

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2153202/fan_mail/new] Lindy Cleveland - Founder and Executive Director of Unless U - shares her faith and her impactful work including growing up in the church and feeling like she was being called to special needs ministry in middle school; how working at her college gym began a deeper connection with Jesus; how her brother’s Down Syndrome helped shape her faith; encountering joy everyday in her work; the “curb effect”; how suffering teaches us more about the Lord; how immediately after college allowed her to be “recklessly entrepreneurial”; how her identity crisis in college led to changing her major; how a class project turned into the foundation for her business; how a work “field trip” to see “The Lorax” not only named her business but aligned perfectly with who she knew she was called to be and what she was called to do; how her relationship and trust in her own father fostered her trust that the Lord will provide; the challenge of getting a vision but knowing it’s not time yet; how God used a a tip on a “creepy” abandoned building to become a place of expansion to help even more families; how the loss of a baby at 11 weeks and burnout helped slow her down; the best ice cream flavors and so much more!  https://www.unlessu.org/ [https://www.unlessu.org/] Support the show [https://cash.app/$Preachwhereyoureach]

E161: Joni Woods

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2153202/fan_mail/new] Joni Woods - Human Connection & Culture Architect, Founder of Journey Coaching, Author, and Speaker - shares her testimony and how her faith shapes her work including her entire youth spent in the church; Heaven’s Gates/Hell’s Flames play and the traumatic experience with her father; the importance of 1 John 4:19; works mentality growing up; spending a year in service as part of a church program that caused a wedge between her and her family; rebuilding after a divorce; her husband (at the time) and her being fired from four different ministry positions; realizing that God’s love for His children is like our love for our children and the role that realization played in her divorce; how her book “Burned, Blocked, and Better Than Ever” came to be; despite her terrible grades in English class, she knew this was a story that needed to be released, and her wrestling with the process; founding her company “Journey Coaching”; creating an exceptional work culture through emotional intelligence and “soft skills”; the challenging and heartbreaking way she came to discover the importance of emotional intelligence; spending time with God in the car; and much much more!  https://joniwoods.com/ [https://joniwoods.com/] Support the show [https://cash.app/$Preachwhereyoureach]