Breaking the Chains: Christopher Biddy's Journey to Redemption Through Kingdom Business

From addiction and incarceration to becoming what he proudly calls a "heavy metal technician," Christopher Biddy's transformation story captures the essence of what happens when business owners prioritize kingdom impact over income.

Every morning, Christopher boards a bus from prison to Matt Walton's metal fabrication shop, where he's discovered not just employment, but purpose, dignity, and community. After nearly eleven years in the Nevada Department of Corrections, Christopher shares candidly about how his journey through addiction led him to "the bottom of the barrel" where survival meant compromising morals and making destructive choices.

What makes this story remarkable is the pathway to change. Christopher describes how transformation began with seemingly insignificant decisions – reducing profanity, avoiding negative music, picking up trash when he saw it. "Those little things," he explains, "they just started building me and building me." Through a transitional living program and support from Hope for Prisoners, Christopher gained technical skills and a renewed mindset. The world had changed dramatically during his incarceration – people "bowing to their neon gods" (smartphones) – requiring him to develop new approaches to social interaction.

Today, Christopher not only works with metal but also participates in "serve days" where he volunteers his time to help others. Though apprehensive about full reentry to society, he now possesses what he calls "weapons" for success: supportive relationships, marketable skills, and newfound faith. His powerful message to others facing similar struggles? "If I could do it, you could do it... The help is out there. You just got to apply yourself and throw yourself into it 100%."

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up, guys?
This is Matt Walton with a VodaTalk with Matt Walton or at the
real Matt Walton, depending onhow you found me and today is a
very, very special episode thatis very close to my heart and I
wanted to highlight one of myguy's stories.
His name is Christopher Biddy.
You guys will meet him in justa few minutes, but when y'all

(00:22):
hear me talk about business asministry, this is what I mean,
and it's an opportunity or Ihave an opportunity to hire guys
that are literally in prison.
So Christopher Biddy gets on abus from prison every single
morning and comes to my shop,and when he is here he is just a

(00:44):
light and a joy to work withand he is making leaps and
bounds of improvements in hispersonal life and in his
professional life as well, andit's so encouraging for me to
see.
I feel humbled and blessed andhonored to work with somebody
such as Christopher Biddy, andthat goes for all of my guys.
I have a very special crew, butagain, when we talk people over

(01:08):
profits, kingdom impact overincome, you know businesses,
ministry, the great commissionthis is the way that we live it
out on a day-to-day basis.
So I look forward to you guysmeeting Christopher Biddy.
What's up guys?
This is Matt with Avoda Talk,or the real Matt Walton.
This is your hub for all thingsKingdom Business Business as

(01:30):
Ministry Business Strategy.
My goal is to provide as muchvalue, minute by minute, each
podcast that you listen to.
So let's get to it.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
So my name is Christopher Raymond Biddy.
My friends and loved ones andfamily all call me Hyper.
I'm currently an inmate in theNevada Department of Corrections
.
I've been there going on 11years.
Currently I'm at a transitionalliving called Casa Grande,
where they've given usopportunities to get jobs and do

(01:59):
stuff and, you know, try toturn things around a little bit.
What led me there was a wholelot of bad decisions.
I struggled with addiction notjust with, you know, weed, meth,
heroin, all across the boardand a lot of what led me there
is pretty much I could boil itdown to survival.

(02:20):
You know, once you're at thebottom of the barrel, you know
you don't, you know you loweryour morals.
So I was open to going towherever like and I knew, as
long as I had a bag, they wouldlet me in and I could either,
you know, sleep on the couch oruse a restroom or whatever.
During my time of incarceration, when I first started, there

(02:40):
was no end in sight for me, like.
So I threw myself at the feetof those around me and I was
just like down for whatever andI did whatever.
I did a lot and finally, youknow, it came down to I have a
brother, I have a girl who Ilove so much, and you know they
were really pushing for me to dosomething better.

(03:00):
Like to, you know, go and getsome certs.
Like to, you know, go and getsome certs.
And you know, and I utilizedthe opportunities I had at Casa
Grande to execute those things,which has really helped me turn
things around, open new doorsand you know where all my

(03:23):
loyalties and were dedicatedbefore I shifted into positive
things and I started makingsmall changes, like at first I
started to try to not cuss somuch.
I tried to stop listening tovulgar music vulgar music and
like hateful things, you knowand I noticed.
And then I started doing otherthings, like if I would see
trash somewhere, I would pick itup.
And then those little things,they just started building me

(03:44):
and building me and then Istarted growing off of that.
I built a platform off of thatand started Just making bigger,
better changes.
And now that these doors areopen to me, my mind is wider,
like it's not so on dumb things.
When I first went to Casa Grande, I was very nervous and I'm how

(04:05):
do they say, prison mentality.
So I went there and I was likemy God, I can't do this, send me
back.
So I'm like you know, I'm notgoing to last here, nothing's
going to work, and this and that.
And then, like I said, Istarted making little small
changes within myself and thenbasically I ended up I kept
hearing about hope and hope forprisoners and this and that.

(04:26):
And when I got to Casa Grande,I'm like I quickly realized I
can't do this, I can't do thisalone.
I thought I had a grasp on it,but I didn't, because people
have changed, the world haschanged, everyone is.
They bow to their neon gods.
Now you know what I mean, andby that I mean like their phones
.
So I ride the bus and you knowthere's no people connection, no

(04:50):
more there's.
You know, they're all glued totheir phones or something.
And so I realized the world haschanged dramatically since I
have been in there, and for meto adapt I got to change a lot
of things, I got to make somebig adjustments, because I'm
still thinking hey, you, youknow you step on my toe in the
yard, that's a problem, but inhere, in real life, you know

(05:13):
people will step on your toe andjust keep pushing and I'm like
wait a minute, where's, where'smy excuse me, you know and chase
them down and go get that.
But this was at first.
So now I?
So?
Now what happened was I washearing a lot about hope for
prisoners and this and that, butthen I was hearing a lot of
drama behind that, like um.
So I ignored all that.

(05:33):
I went over there to johnponders, threw myself at their
feet, did the workshop, you know, joined some classes, balanced
living and a few others at thetime, and it started giving me,
it started giving me a newmindset.
It started giving me somethingthat I can like, like when you
plant the seed and little rootsstarted taking roots and started

(05:54):
.
Then you start seeing a little,you know, green coming out and
it starts growing a little more,a little more.
And you know I'm not perfect.
I I still got things that I'mstruggling with, but not like I
was right now.
I detest drugs.
Even the smell of marijuanamakes me kind of nauseous and I
smell it all the time on the busand over there, by concept,

(06:16):
they have a dispensary, and thenI'm walkingous and I smell it
all the time on the bus and overthere, by concept, they have a
dispensary, and then I'm walkingback and I smell this like, oh,
gross, you know.
Oh.
So I went to school andeverything, um, you know, did a
really good job at school,earned, earned the love of the
people there, you know, to doinga good job not just in my class
work and in my book work, butalso helping around the shop,

(06:39):
when you know, because there's ashop too just like yours well,
maybe not just like yours, butit's got a lot less going on so
but you know they need help withthings and so I would stay
extra if I could and throwmyself into it and know,
basically, I just dive intoeverything like, but positive
stuff, not the stuff that I usedto like throw myself into.

(07:01):
And so, yeah, I got my certsand I didn't know how it was
going to work, went to a fewplaces, applied and a few more
and it didn't work.
And then, finally, I went backto my school and they directed
me to here, yeah, and so throughthat and even still, I was
super nervous and you know.
But I knew that this was a moresetting setting environment for

(07:24):
me, because I'm kind of aruffian, I need to be doing
rough stuff.
I can't.
Well, I guess I could if I wastrained properly, sit at a
computer and stuff, but thatwould inevitably drive me nuts,
so I need to be out runningaround with my hands on
something, creating something.
And then Matt here gave me theopportunity to come here and I
just threw myself at his feet,just like I did with Hope, and

(07:47):
it's been nothing but a blessing.
I've learned so much.
I can build things now, which Icould probably build some
things before, but just out ofwood, like never metal, and I
love it.
I feel like I'm a heavy metaltechnician right now.
I'm not even the same thing Iwas before I got here, not even
really close.

(08:08):
I mean, yeah, I'm.
I still struggle with somelittle things here and there,
but nothing illegal.
I don't think of doing crimeanymore.
I don't think of running aroundhurting people or rolling
people out the yard or you knowstuff like that.
That's all done like and I hearthese dudes over there talking
about I just do my thing, gotake my shower or eat my food or

(08:28):
whatever, and go on to the nextday.
And yeah, I've grown immenselyand through this, through the
people downstairs that I workwith, they've all taught me so
much and they've been here whileopen arms.
And you know, my shopsupervisor is a fire chief for
30 years and you would think foranybody to hold some kind of

(08:49):
disregard for somebody who'sdone 10 years in prison it would
be him.
But no, it's all love.
He's always there for me.
He's got my back to the fullest, just like Matt and his family
and everybody here, and you knowI'm fully dedicated to this and
I love it.
I didn't know the wholelogistics of things and I'm
learning and stuff, and westarted talking about doing

(09:11):
serve days and going out andserving the community.
I like to help people wheneverI can and do what I can, and
prior to that, I was going toCity Light Church and I noticed
a lot of the times they keptasking for because they were in
the process of building a newchurch and they were always
asking for donations and stuff,which is not easy for me to do

(09:34):
in my situation because I don'toperate on cash or anything like
that.
They pretty much takeeverything I got and so I didn't
think so I can't just, you know, give freely, like as if I was
a free man.
So when I heard that we'regoing doing serve days, we're
going out, serving the community, we're doing church things,

(09:55):
we're helping kids, and Idecided I decided, wait a minute
.
We went on a couple and I waslike, oh, these guys, like
they're staying punched in.
Why is that?
You know?
For we're all going to help,you know.
So I decided how I'm going togive back is I'm going to go in
and do everything I can everytime and I'm definitely not
going to charge my company forthe work that we're doing to

(10:19):
help people.
I think I forgot one time,maybe the last time, I'm not
sure we went to make sandwiches.
But yeah, I forgot one time,maybe the last time, I'm not
sure we went to make sandwiches,but uh, yeah, I make sure to
try to punch out, or you know, Imean and and go and just give
my all wholeheartedly, andthat's how I give back all the
blessings I've been grantedalong the way, and or try at
least.
I'm scared.
I'm scared to get out, but Igot tools in my box.

(10:43):
Now, I got, I got tools and Igot weapons, and I'm not talking
about like a Glock, I'm talkingabout I got God on my side, I
got.
You know what I mean.
I got you, I got my brother, Igot my girl, I got Abraham
Taylor.
I know they got my backs to thefullest, even Javier.
They're all really good peopleand, yes, I'm scared to get out

(11:05):
because now I'm going to be overthere.
They bring you toilet paper.
You know, I got to go to thestore and buy this stuff now.
So, yeah, all of those littlethings I guess I'm going to have
to relearn and do proper sothat I have the provisions I
need to make it through, and youknow.
So I am scared, but I amexcited too, because I do want

(11:25):
to apply the things that I'velearned.
I want to, you know, go and getmy own apartment, get my own
car.
You know maybe have people overfor dinner or something at my
place.
You know not have to go and beg, you know, to get in or
something.
You know, type stuff.
My message is you can do it.
If I could do it, you could doit, and I know there's many

(11:49):
others like me that have beenall the way down in the dumps
and things may look hopeless.
It may look like there's no end.
There may, but there is alwaysa light at the end of the tunnel
and there's always help, and Iknow through God that.
You know, things have reallyturned around like incredibly,
like it's like I told you theother day I have to watch what I

(12:09):
pray for because I'll get it.
That's not cool.
It's not cool all the time.
Or at least send me a list ofthe full logistics of it.
You know what I mean.
It doesn't really work that way.
So, yeah, so I.
My message is yeah, you can doit, anybody can do it.
Anybody can do it, male, female, older, younger.
The help is out there.
You know, you just got to applyyourself and throw yourself

(12:33):
into it 100%.
Don't go in sitting on thefence.
Jump over the fence and run.
You guys are awesome.
That's it.
That's it.
Did I do good you?

Speaker 1 (12:42):
did incredible.

Speaker 2 (12:43):
Are you sure you communicate very well Really?
Yes, okay, you got a gift baby.
No I don't, yeah, thank you Ilove you.
I love you too, thank you.