Faith in Finance

Bob Doll — Who Are You Without the Title?

It's easy to keep your faith and your career in separate boxes. Go to work, leave your Bible at home. Go to church, leave your ambition at the door. For years, Bob Doll did exactly that, commuting between two worlds that never touched. Then one day, they did. And everything changed. As President, CEO, and CIO of Crossmark, Bob now leads a firm where faith isn't something you check at the door. It shows up in Monday morning emails, hiring decisions, investment screens, and the way people treat each other in the hallway. But getting there took forty years, a firing he didn't see coming, and a Saturday morning breakdown that forced him to ask the question he'd been avoiding: who am I without the title? In this conversation, Bob speaks directly to anyone trying to build a career without losing themselves in the process. He breaks down why an integrated life isn't just spiritually healthier; it's the only kind God actually calls us to. He gets honest about how money quietly becomes an idol before you even notice, why character matters just as much as competence, and what it really cost him to share his faith at one of the most powerful firms in the world. He also talks about the year that followed that firing - the wallowing, the hard questions, and the small group of five men who helped him find his footing again. Not as an executive. As a child of God. And when the conversation turns to success, his answer is clear on what he wants to hear: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." For anyone trying to figure out how faith and a demanding career can belong to the same life, this one is for you.

John Coleman — Called to Excellence

It's easy to wonder whether faith and finance can actually coexist - not just in theory, but in the reality of a demanding career. John Coleman doesn't just think they can. He's spent over two decades proving it. As co-CEO of Sovereign's Capital, John leads a firm where Christian conviction drives every investment decision. But before he got there, he was a confused college grad with no plan, a quantitative energy trader who had no business being one, and a McKinsey consultant who nearly quit while secretly finishing at the top of his class. The path was anything but straight. In this conversation, John speaks speaks about how to start well. He breaks down why excellence is the first thing God calls you to, how being extraordinary at your craft creates the freedom to lead with your values, and what it looks like to stay anchored in your faith when a demanding career is pulling at everything else. He also gets honest about the burnout that drove him back to church, why pride is the quiet enemy of a faithful career, and what eight months of unemployment taught him about trusting God with outcomes he couldn't control. And when the conversation turns to family, he puts it simply: someone else can run Sovereign's. Nobody else can be the biological father to his children. If you're trying to figure out how faith fits into a future in finance, start here.

Brian Shepler — Trusting the Next Step

It's one thing to say you trust God with your career. It's another thing entirely to pack up everything, move to a city, and believe with full confidence that the door that just closed was just as much a part of His plan as the one that opened. Brian Shepler didn't just say it, he lived it. As President and CEO of Blue Trust, Brian has spent over two decades building a firm where faith isn't compartmentalized from the work. It's the whole point. But the road to get there wasn't a straight line. It started at Goldman Sachs, wound through a layoff, a leap of faith in Nashville, and a honeymoon with no job lined up on the other side. In this episode, Brian opens up about the cab ride with his Goldman mentor, a brilliant man casually explaining why he was missing his daughter's fourth birthday, and the quiet conviction it planted that never left. He breaks down the trust equation Blue Trust runs their entire business on, why intimacy is the most underrated competitive advantage in financial advisory, and how praying with clients changed everything about the way his firm builds relationships. He also shares what his wife said on the drive home after dropping their last child off at college, a question so heavy it sent him straight to Proverbs, and the story of a job offer that came in at the exact number, to the dime, that they had prayed for together an hour before. Not luck. Not coincidence. Confirmation. Brian has followed God into every next step, Goldman, private equity, Nashville, Atlanta, and now the corner office. And every single time, the doors that closed turned out to be just as faithful as the ones that opened. For every student wondering if faith and finance can truly coexist, this one's for you.

Britt Harris — Your True Self Is Your Greatest Asset

Most people entering finance think the game requires a trade-off. Ambition on one side. Faith on the other. Pick one and protect it. Britt Harris has spent a lifetime proving that's a lie. As one of the most decorated institutional investors alive and former CEO of Bridgewater Associates, Britt has operated at the highest levels of finance without ever leaving his faith at the door. In this debut episode, he speaks about the carpool debate that exposed a gap in his own foundation and the night with his wife Julia and a blank piece of paper that changed everything. He walks through his 5F Framework, makes the case that wholeness is a competitive advantage, and lands on a Thomas Merton quote that stopped him cold: "To become a saint means to become your true self." Not a missionary. Not a pastor. Just the person God designed you to be - fully expressed, nothing held back. The enemy's oldest trick is convincing the most gifted people in the room that their faith is a liability. Britt dismantles that lie with scripture, lived experience, and forty years of proof. God's ways aren't just morally right. They're strategically superior. And this conversation is the evidence.