The Word at Work with Miranda Carls: A Podcast for Christian Professionals

The Word at Work with Miranda Carls: A Podcast for Christian Professionals

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The Word at Work with Miranda Carls: A Podcast for Christian Professionals episodes

  • 12. Human Resources through a Biblical lens (Guest: Brett Billups of Biblical HR)
    Today's guest is Brett Billups. Brett’s career in Human Resources has provided him with many opportunities to coach individuals at every level of an organization through difficult workplace and employee relations issues. Brett has served in both the public and private sectors in various positions including leading the HR function for one of the nation’s largest employee-owned organizations. Brett’s HR experience ranges from global Fortune 100 companies to start-up operations ; from field operations to the Boardroom. His desire now is to share these experiences by teaching others to view specific workplace situations through the lens of scripture and respond with a Biblical attitude and a heart for the Gospel. His pursuit of Christian development in the workplace led him to found Biblical HR, LLC in 2021 based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Brett and his wife Krissi have 4 grown children and a growing number of special grandchildren. They reside in Flower Mound, TX.
    LINKS: 
    Brett's book: https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-HR-Applying-Eternal-Everyday/dp/1631956825
    Brett's website: https://biblicalhr.com/about-brett-3/
    www.mirandacarls.com
    28 min
  • 11. Achieving social sanity in an Insta world (Guest: Sarah Zylstra, Editor of Social Sanity in an Insta World)
    Sarah Zylstra is a senior writer and faith-and-work editor for The Gospel Coalition. She is also the co-author of Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age and editor of Social Sanity in an Insta World. Before that, she wrote for Christianity Today, homeschooled her children, freelanced for a local daily paper, and taught at Trinity Christian College. She lives with her husband and two sons in the suburbs of Chicago. Sarah discusses the history and impact of social media, and a few things for Christians to think about as they consider their engagement on social platforms. 
    LINKS: 
    Social Sanity in an Insta World book: https://www.amazon.com/Social-Sanity-Insta-Eekhoff-Zylstra/dp/1956593039?tag=thegospcoal-20 
    Sarah's work for The Gospel Coalition: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/profile/sarah-eekhoff-zylstra/
    41 min
  • 10. A wise approach to curating our diet of information (Guest: Brett McCracken, Author of The Wisdom Pyramid)
    Brett McCracken is a senior editor and director of communications for the Gospel Coalition and the author of Uncomfortable, Hipster Christianity, Gray Matters, and The Wisdom Pyramid. He lives with his family in Southern California, where he serves as an elder at Southlands Church. Brett discusses concepts from his latest book, The Wisdom Pyramid, challenging us to more deeply consider how we consume information in today's technologically-driven information age. Our information "diet" has profound impact on our wisdom. As Christian professionals, it's critical that we "reorient our lives around God - the foundation of truth and the eternal source of wisdom."
    LINKS: 
    Brett's Website: https://www.brettmccracken.com
    Brett's Books:  https://www.amazon.com/Brett-McCracken/e/B003DAUZL8%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
    www.mirandacarls.com
    42 min
  • 9. The fatherhood crisis and parenting lessons from the book of Nehemiah (Guest: Kent Evans of Manhood Journey)
    In this episode, Kent Evans shares about the fatherhood crisis in America, parenting lessons from his new book Bring Your Hammer: 28 Tools Dads Can Grab from the book of Nehemiah, and more. This episode is a little more for the fathers, of course, but many insights will be relevant to any Christian.
    Kent Evans is the Executive Director and co-founder of Manhood Journey, a ministry that helps dads become disciple-makers. After a twenty-year career as a business leader, he embarked on biblical Fatherhood ministry projects. He’s appeared on television, radio, web outlets and podcasts. He’s a Christian speaker often at parenting and men’s events. He’s authored three books. The first, Wise Guys: Unlocking Hidden Wisdom from the Men Around You, was written to help men learn how to find mentors and wise counsel. The second, The Manhood Journey: Charting a Course to Biblical Fatherhood, aims to help dads not be good or great dads, but be godly ones. The third (coauthored with Eric Ballard), Bring Your Hammer, 28 Tools Dads Can Grab from the Book of Nehemiah, equips dads with practical fatherhood lessons from this famous Old Testament leader.
    Kent’s life has been radically affected by godly mentors and his lovely wife, April. They have been married twenty-seven years and have five sons and one daughter-in-law. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
    LINKS: 
    Wise Guys Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0859M579T/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
    Bring Your Hammer Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bring-Your-Hammer-Tools-Nehemiah/dp/1735481726/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=1735481726&psc=1
    The Manhood Journey Book: https://www.amazon.com/Manhood-Journey-Setting-Course-Fatherhood/dp/1527105644
    Manhood Journey Website: https://manhoodjourney.org
    www.mirandacarls.com
    42 min
  • 8. Mastering the work you were created to do (Guest: Jordan Raynor, Best-selling Author)

    Jordan Raynor is the best-selling author of The Creator in You, Redeeming Your Time, Called to Create, and Master of One - which we will be focusing on today. In addition to his writing, Jordan serves as the Executive Chairman of Threshold 360, a venture-backed tech startup that Jordan previously ran as CEO following a string of successful ventures of his own. Jordan has twice been selected as a Google Fellow and served in The White House under President George W. Bush. Jordan lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and their three young daughters. In this episode, Jordan and I discuss the path to mastering your God-given work, why no work is "secular," and his new children's book - The Creator in You. 


    LINKS: 

    Jordan's website: https://jordanraynor.com

    The Creator in You: https://www.amazon.com/Creator-You-Jordan-Raynor/dp/059319313X

    Master of One: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R1SFHX2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

    40 min
  • 7. Becoming a "prayer powered" professional (Guest: Kim Avery)

    After a successful 20 year career as a professional counselor, Kim Avery transitioned first to life coaching and then to business coaching. Her 31-day prayer challenge for Christ-centered entrepreneurs has helped thousands of Christians bring the power and grace of our almighty God into their businesses. Kim lives in Winter Haven, FL with her husband Ron. Whether you are an entrepreneur or a kingdom-minded worker in any other setting – from corporate to retail to the ministry of the home, we are going to be digging into a topic that is relevant to all of us as Christ-followers…that topic is prayer!


    LINKS: 

    Prayer Powered Website: https://www.prayerpowered.com

    Kim's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Powered-Entrepreneur-Building-Business/dp/1642796034


    www.mirandacarls.com

    34 min
  • 6. Faithfulness and fellowship in entrepreneurship (Guest: Brett Snodgrass of Simple Wholesaling and Iron Deep)
    Entrepreneur Brett Snodgrass has been a real estate investor for 15+ years, specializing in wholesaling, wholetailing, creative financing, and business scaling. His team at Simple Wholesaling buys and sells 250+ properties per year, and builds passive streams of income by creating 50+ financing deals per year. Brett's YouTube channel aims to help entrepreneurs focus past business profits to living a life of true significance (which he defines as creating healthy family, work, and spiritual lives with real impact. Brett and I discuss how he has led with faith and modeled Biblical values as a successful entrepreneur, and how he's supporting the fellowship of other Christian male entrepreneurs through his organization, Iron Deep. 
    LINKS: 
    Simple Wholesaling Website: https://simplewholesaling.com 
    Iron Deep Website: https://www.irondeep.com
    Brett's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBPidx70rstadlrS2piMt5g 
    www.mirandacarls.com
    29 min
  • 5. Finding a church home and being the "brand" of Jesus (Guest: Mark MacDonald of Be Known for Something)

    Today’s guest is Mark MacDonald, Author and Church Branding Strategist. He’s the Founder of Be Known for Something, which is a Church Branding Agency. Mark has a teacher’s heart, loves churches, and is dedicated to using his background as an award-winning Senior Creative Director at one of Eastern Canada’s largest ad agencies. He now uses that background to help churches connect with their communities and engage more to share Jesus. Mark and I discuss a variety of topics, including: reframing church "marketing," finding a local church home, online church attendance, and showing up well as we represent the "brand" of Jesus in the workplace.  


    LINKS:  

    Mark's agency website: https://www.beknownforsomething.com 

    Mark's book: https://www.beknownforsomething.com/church-branding-book/#Order_Now 

    www.mirandacarls.com 

    38 min
  • 4. Uniting Biblical wisdom with high-performance leadership (Guest: Tom Harper, CEO of Networld Media Group and Author)

    Today’s guest is Tom Harper. Tom is CEO of Networld Media Group, where their mission is to create ROI for leaders in niche industries through high-performance media and events. He’s also the publisher at BiblicalLeadership.com, a website offering free leadership content to pastors and marketplace leaders. Tom and I discuss how leaders can lean on Biblical wisdom to show up as high performers in the workplace. We discuss a few of the many topics from his book, Servant Leader Strong.

    LINKS: 

    Tom's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-R-Harper/e/B001JRUGPC/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk

    Free Resources for Pastors and Marketplace leaders: www.biblicalleadership.com

    Networld Media Group: https://networldmediagroup.com

    www.mirandacarls.com 

    35 min
  • 3. Humility and generosity in life and leadership (Guest: Ron Regenstreif, Founder/Former CEO of Regency Lighting)

    Ron Regenstreif founded Regency Enterprises in February of 1981 and served as CEO of Regency Lighting for over 35 years. Through the years, Ron’s primary focus has been on growing the sales and marketing efforts and establishing the strategy and growth plan for the organization. Ron’s ongoing passion for excellent service has helped Regency become a leader in the lighting industry, and he still serves as the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Regency Lighting. Ron also serves on the Board of Directors of Q4impact, Joni & Friends, His Hands on Africa, and Chosen People Ministries. He loves strategically connecting people, serving people in need worldwide, and bringing improvement within developing countries. In this episode, we discuss important topics like fellowship, humility, and generosity.  LINKS:  Regency Lighting Timeline: https://www.regencylighting.com/about-regency-lighting/

    58 min

About The Word at Work with Miranda Carls: A Podcast for Christian Professionals

From the publisher's feed

The Word at Work podcast features a diverse sampling of conversations with Christian business leaders, pastors, thought leaders, and prominent authors. The goal? To support you in showing up as a high performer at work while remaining firmly rooted in the truth of the Gospel. The show is hosted by author and people and organizational development coach, Miranda Carls.