We talk with John Onwuchekwa on everything from coffee to his top book recommendations. John is a pastor at Cornerstone Church in Atlanta, GA, and he recently co-founded Portrait Coffee. He is also a father, a husband, a podcaster, a voice for hope, a leader in his community, and so much more. We so enjoyed our discussion with John! We dig into attitudes about money, the history of coffee, how geography is never an accident, how luck favors the prepared, the importance of learning, his top book recommendations to better learn about the history and roots of systemic racism. John teaches us the importance of learning history from the perspective of those that were shafted, how acorns turn into oak trees, the importance of truly understanding a problem, and how a well-defined problem is a problem half-solved. John’s podcast titled four in the morning was inspired by his getting up early; he believes getting up early is an act of hopeful defiance.