Abel Jimenez

The Value Test: What a Job Loss Taught an NBA Chaplain About Identity

Damon Gunn has told NBA players for 22 years that their worth isn't their stats. Then a layoff made him live it out. Now he leads development at a school for refugee families.

Work Shoes On, Hands Open: Mihran Hovnanian on Leading Through the AI Transition

After a technology rollout cost people their jobs and a company its culture, Mihran Hovnanian changed how he leads. Now he helps leaders adopt AI without losing what makes their people human.

Ever to Excel: How Heidi Sporel Built a Marketing Agency on Grace, Strategy, and Service

After 20 years on the client side, Heidi Sporel launched E2Excel Marketing on a simple conviction: relationships outlast revenue, and grace and boundaries belong in the same contract.

From Stage Four Cancer to a Painting Business: Fred Bays on Stewarding What God Gives

Fred Bays was a church planter given a 20% chance to live five years. Today he runs a painting business and teaches leaders the principles behind lasting success.

When Competence Becomes the Measure

Chris Gates went from working his way through community college to leading global technology teams. His hardest lesson was that the competence that made him succeed was quietly keeping him from needing God.

October 23, 2026

Healing Hearts So Freedom Flourishes: Will Frazier's 13-Year Road from Shame to Sanctuary

Will Frazier spent thirteen years fighting a battle he couldn't win alone. Now he's building the safe haven he wished he'd had — for every leader still hiding in plain sight.

October 23, 2026

The Three-Month Fix That Became a Three-Year Turnaround: Steven Flowers on Saving a Family Shelter

Steven Flowers walked into a shelter with less than two months of cash and a live bed bug taped to his door. Three years later, it is serving twice as many families. Here is how a pastor's phone call changed everything.

October 13, 2026

Stay Off the Bench: How Kent Evans Is Equipping Dads to Make Disciples

Kent Evans started with a simple question in 2010: what if dads had tools to open Scripture with their sons? Sixteen years later, Manhood Journey reaches over a million people a year.

October 7, 2026

From Spreadsheets to Shepherding: How Braden Murray Built a Tool That Turns Church Data Into Care

A pastor's kid who never wanted the pulpit found his calling in operations—and built Holy Insights, an AI-powered platform helping churches see people, not just numbers.

October 5, 2026

Wise as Serpents, Loving as Christ: Tony Baumgartner on Leading Sharp Without Losing Your Heart

Tony Baumgartner spent a decade drifting from his faith and decades more knowing it only in his head. Now a mentor and former public safety president, he says the Christian leader must be sharp as a hawk and loving as a shepherd.

September 30, 2026

From Empty Storefronts to Sacred Ground: How Dave Koone Built Two Businesses on the Foundation of Servant Leadership

Before he ever signed a lease or hired an employee, Dave Koone stood in an empty 1,500-square-foot space and prayed over a future he couldn't yet see. That posture has shaped every business he's built since.

September 18, 2026