Is it really better to give away than to receive? In this episode of the River Foundation Podcast, ministry partner and President of Generous Giving Todd Harper shares his journey in encountering and practicing generosity and how contentment created through a radically generous community has inspired him to invite more and more people into a generous way of being and living.

Episode Highlights

0:32 Dan welcomes ministry partner Todd Harper, President of Generous Giving

1:05 "For Christmas, my grandmother would give me 50 ones, because I liked to count money." What Todd's childhood love affair with money taught him about the competition between money and God

3:07 How meeting radically generous people at Campus Crusade inspired Todd to found Generous Giving

4:51 "Generous giving isn't for the uber wealthy alone!" How generosity is the manifestation of Jesus having our whole hearts (regardless of your paycheck)

6:47 Dan jogs? How the River Foundation is participating in Journeys of Generosity

8:14 "I don't want to hear a sermon about giving!" What participants are getting out of JOG conferences that they didn't expect

9:17 Is it really better to give away than to receive? Todd's challenge to you to experiment with generosity

12:20 The short book that completely changed both Todd's and Dan's perspective on money

14:43 Resources

Episode Resources

Website: Generous Giving

Book: The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn

Welcome back to the River Foundation Podcast, where our shareholders are informed, inspired, and activated to serve through hearing one another's stories. In this episode, Dan invites Ronda Webber, Executive Director of pregnancy resource center Assurance, to share what her organization is doing to empower individuals facing unplanned pregnancies and how we can become not only champions for life, but bold speakers of life and hope in our communities.

Episode Highlights

[0:32] Executive Director of pregnancy resource center Assurance in Lexington, Kentucky--Introducing Ronda Webber

[0:51] What God spoke to Ronda after a season of infertility (and how it led her to Assurance)

[2:23] Google ads save lives? How Assurance responds to couples in crisis in their community (and what the River Foundation is doing to help)

[5:39] Praying for facial expressions. What happens when clients walk through Assurance's doors

[8:22] The one thing Ronda wants you to take away from this podcast

[10:15] "I think you would make a great mom." How you can speak hope, support parents, and be a champion for life wherever God has planted you

[15:08] Resources

Episode Resources

Video: Assurance Testimonials- http://assuranceforlife.org/client-video/

Video: Assurance Stories- http://assuranceforlife.org/client-testimonials/

Video: Abortion or Baby: Before You Decide Video https://youtu.be/xIJWnomS560

Welcome back to the River Foundation Podcast! In most business schools, the focus is entirely on increasing profit and shareholder value. But as Dr. Mike Kane, dean of Howard Dayton School of Business at Asbury University shares in this interview, they're taking an innovative approach to teaching the triple bottom line and sending graduates into the marketplace to be a light for God.

Episode Highlights

[1:35] How Mike ended up as the Dean of Howard Dayton School of Business (and how many times he said "no" before he said "yes")

[4:58] The quote that ended up on t-shirts and shaped the curriculum

[6:01] What the "triple bottom line" means for business

[6:42] How God interrupted Mike's career and helped him redefine success

[9:43] The mission that drives everything that's taught at the Howard Dayton School of Business

[11:32] How the school has "flipped the classroom" to connect students with businesses that understand the triple bottom line

[13:06] How you can get involved with the program

Episode Resources

Video: Pete Oaks Generous Giving

Website: Howard Dayton School of Business

Welcome back to the River Foundation Podcast! In this episode, we meet partner Jim Van Eerden -- father of 11, husband of 1, and founder of Thinker Education. Join us as Jim shares his journey in discovering the importance of asking good questions and initiating conversations that matter, both at home and in the workplace, and learn what you can do to join the movement of countercultural conversations!

Episode Highlights

0:00 Welcome back to the River Foundation Podcast!

0:25 A call from Cackalacky: River Foundation partner Jim Van Eerden from Thinker Education

1:10 How two first-time parents' desire to engage their son in asking big questions inspired Thinker Education

2:56 Tech in the blood! How Jim's love for media and storytelling led him to entrepreneurial work with Kingdom-minded businesses

5:13 A day in the life of Jim Van Eerden: creating work that points the world to truth

7:23 Reversing the cycle of entitlement: the River Foundation resource that's impacted Jim's family's dinner table conversation (and his businesses, too!)

9:26 Conversation matters! Jim's challenge to you, our River Foundation shareholders

12:10 Want to learn more about how you can join the movement of engaging this generation in conversations that matter? Visit www.thinker.education!

Resources

Video: Edison Van Eerden

Website: Thinker Education

Website: Sevenly

Ken was a successful engineer living the American dream until he lost it all and found himself working as a church custodian scrubbing toilets. But only then did Ken begin to learn God's heart for serving people, a realization that led him to serve as the Vice President of the National Christian Foundation of Kentucky. Join Dan in this episode to learn Ken's journey to generosity and how the National Christian Foundation can support you in your giving.

Episode Highlights

0:24 Name-That-70s-Hit with Dan and Ken… Introducing Ken Thompson from National Christian Foundation of Kentucky

1:43 Ken's life before age 28, studying to be an engineer and chasing the American dream

3:02 How losing everything taught Ken what mattered most

4:14 The two unexpected jobs Ken found after asking, "What can an engineer do for the Lord?"

6:03 How Ken's team and the River Foundation partner to match people to opportunities for generosity (funding a Christian school in Poland, for example)

7:35 How National Christian Foundation wants to support you in your giving needs

10:43 Plain and simple: what to do if you own appreciated stock and are interested in giving

11:00 Ken's challenge for us for becoming more intentional in our giving

Episode Resources Contact Ken Thompson

Phone: 859-684-5808)

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.ncfgiving.com

Welcome back to the River Foundation Podcast, where River Foundation shareholders are connected and encouraged by one another's stories. In this episode, Dan calls board member Boyd Bailey, the President of the National Christian Foundation in Georgia. But despite his impressive title and work with numerous ministries, Boyd points our attention to the mentors whose wisdom helped him along the way, as he shares how his heart for loving people and investing in relationships led him not only to the River Foundation, but deeper into understanding the economy of God's Kingdom.

Episode Highlights

0:22 Dan's phone call with friend and River Foundation board member, Boyd Bailey (our first cyber podcast!)

1:04 How deeply investing in relationships brought Boyd to become President of the National Christian Foundation in Georgia

2:21 Who are the Paul, Barnabas, and Timothy in your life? What Boyd calls the healthy balance in relationships

3:45 How cultivating an awareness of the people in our lives helps us in discerning God's will

4:57 A day-in-the-life of Boyd Bailey: writing devotionals and creating environments of generosity

5:59 When Boyd's interest in generosity in ministry connected him to the River Foundation

8:45 How Ministry Ventures has empowered the River Foundation to support and equip other ministries

10:31 Boyd's word of encouragement for our River Foundation family, wherever you are

12:03 Still curious for more? How you can connect with Boyd Bailey and his ministries

Episode Resources

Website: Northpointe Church Website: National Christian Foundation (NCF) Website: Wisdom Hunters App: Wisdom Hunters App (Android) (Apple) Podcast: Wisdom Hunters Podcast Website: Ministry Ventures Website: Compass - Finances God's Way Website: Generous Giving Website: Andy Stanley

Welcome back to the River Foundation Podcast! In this episode, Dan sits down with Star Parker, President of CURE (Center for Urban Renewal and Education), a public policy think tank that promotes market-based solutions to fight poverty. Discover how to become part of the solution through the ministry of this River Foundation Partner!

Episode Highlights

1:22 - How Star Parker has been unleashed for the kingdom

1:45 - How God took Star's story and turned it into CURE

3:50 - What a pastor said to Star that shook her to the core

4:20 - The three ways CURE works to help the poor help themselves

9:45 - How CURE is working to educate and inform black pastors

11:10 - How Star became connected to the River Foundation

12:35 - What our society has been doing wrong in addressing poverty, and how to fix it

13:36 - Here's how you can support CURE (hint: it starts locally)

Resources

Website: www.urbancure.org

Website: www.blackcommunitynews.com

Welcome back to the River Foundation Podcast, where our shareholders are informed, inspired, and activated to do God's work around the world. In this episode, River Foundation partner Mike Taylor shares what God has taught him about work, mission, and money through 22 years of serving at First Southern National Bank.

Episode Highlights

0:24 Introducing Mike Taylor

0:42 The journey that led Mike to a 22-year-long partnership with First Southern Bank

1:55 From controller to commercial-lender, the many roles Mike has had the opportunity to work in throughout his time at the bank

3:03 What Mike brought back to his workplace from his experience in Africa

5:30 How Mike has benefited personally and spiritually from River Foundation support

7:52 A big change for a CPA: God's economy versus Mike's economy

9:58 What financial generosity has taught Mike about being relational with people

11:50 Mike's encouragement to our listeners (he's ready to get choked up talking to you!)

14:00 Mike's final thoughts on integrating work and mission

14:35 Resources for getting in touch with Mike

Resources Mike's Email: [email protected] Website: Vapor Ministries

Welcome back to the River Foundation Podcast! In this episode, Dan invites Regional Director and Assistant Regional Director of Students for Life in Appalachia, Brenna Lewis and Elizabeth Parker, to share their journey in partnering with the pro-life movement and how the Students for Life ministry is working to inspire the next generation of pro-life leaders in America.

Listen for how you can be a part of what God is doing through the ministry of this River Foundation-partner!

Episode Highlights

0:18 Welcome Brenna Lewis and Elizabeth Parker, representing Appalachian Students for Life

1:35 What made Brenna a passionate partner of the pro-life movement

4:15 Why Students for Life is such a powerful ministry

5:12 How growing up in a pro-life community cultivated Elizabeth's personal call into the ministry

7:21 What partnership with the River Foundation has meant to Brenna and Elizabeth

8:39 Have a student in your life? How you, the River Foundation family, can get involved in making pro-life leaders in our world

11:26 Why it's important to support pro-life events in your community

12:53 How Students for Life is working to educate racial minorities about the pro-life movement

14:30 Where you can go for more information on Students for Life

Episode Resources

Website: ProLifeEventsFinder.com

Website: StudentsForLife.org

Film: Maafa 21

In this episode of the River Foundation Podcast, Dan is joined by Dr. Ananthi Jebasingh, founder of the Good Samaritan School in Delhi, India, which provides quality education to children living in the slums.

Join us as Ananthi shares how 28 years ago, God took her prayer for an opportunity to serve him and turned it into a ministry that has changed the lives of thousands of children in India.

Episode Highlights

0:20 Welcome today's guest—Founder of the Good Samaritan School in Delhi, India--Dr. Ananthi Jebasingh

0:54 How this mother-of-three moved to one of the most populated cities in the world after her husband became the head of Trans World Radio for Asia

2:45 Who knocked on Ananthi's door after she earned a Ph.D. and prayed for an opportunity to serve the Lord

4:57 The three words that plagued Ananthi's mind after she sent begging children away

6:41 How loving, teaching, and feeding one child led Ananthi to oversee more than three thousand students 28 years later

8:00 What unlikely room commissioners offered Ananthi to use for her school—and what it taught Ananthi about Jesus' birthplace!

11:40 How Ananthi's faith in the Lord's financial provision introduced her to the River Foundation

14:59 Ananthi's message to you, the River Foundation family

Resources

Website: Friends of the Good Samaritans