Follower of One : Missions For The Rest Of Us

You show up to work every day, but is your faith pointed at God or at the pressures around you? Eliyahu Lotzar explains why the real question is not whether you have faith, but where your faith is going. If you feel lost in your emails, meetings, and deadlines, this conversation gives you a practical way to keep God at the center of your workday.

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Why the first mode of leadership is intent, and how to aim y...

Sometimes the boldest business decision is to hand the whole company back to God. Geeta Chopra left Hinduism, surrendered her startup to Jesus, and built a global Christian platform that uses technology to bless the Kingdom instead of replace it. This episode shows you what it looks like to make God your CEO, deny your flesh, and obey the Holy Spirit in the marketplace.

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Joe Daly left a decade of church staff work to build a leather goods company, and he treats the business as ministry, not a step away from it. Have you ever wondered if your regular job matters to God as much as "real" ministry does? Hear how Joe Daly, founder of Daly Goods, went from 10 years on church staff to running a faith-driven leather company, and what he learned about worshiping God through everyday work.

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Sometimes saying yes to God costs you the biggest bill in your wallet. Joanne Hickox spent 15 years as a feature film accountant for the major studios before founding a ministry that has served hundreds of older adults. This episode shows you what it looks like to hear the Holy Spirit, say yes, and trust God with the cost.

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Pastors in expensive cities often cannot afford stable housing on ministry salaries. That financial pressure quietly threatens their ability to serve. If you want to see your faith show up in practical, tangible ways at work and with your money, this episode gives you a real example of what that looks like.

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Nicole explains how the Aslan Housing Foundation builds down payment assistance programs for pastors...

Most Christians spend 40+ hours a week at work but never think of that time as ministry. If you believe faith belongs only in church, you are missing most of your week. Tom Lutz spent decades building a global business and coaching Christian CEOs, and he makes the case that your job is where your calling lives.

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Tom explains why work was part of paradise before the fall, and why that changes how you should...

Many Christians feel stuck in work that doesn't reflect who they are or what they're good at. If you've ever wondered whether your skills have a place outside of ministry or a traditional career path, this episode speaks directly to that tension. Dawn Apuan's story shows what it looks like to build a business grounded in faith, not hustle.
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How Dawn moved from co-pastoring and nonprofit work int...

Most Christians in business feel the tension between running a profitable company and leading with faith. You want your work to mean something beyond revenue, but you are not sure how to build that into your team, your culture, or your goals. Brandon West has spent years figuring out exactly that.

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Why excellence in your work is the foundation of your gospel platform, and why it is not enough on its ow...

Most Christians know they are called to love the people around them. Fewer think about what that means for the person who frustrates them in a meeting on Tuesday. Jason Davis stormed out of one of those meetings years ago, and what happened next reshaped how he shows up at work.

This episode is for you if you want to bring your faith into daily workplace situations without preaching, burning out, or compartmentalizing it to Sunday ...

If you think your faith belongs at church and your work belongs at the office, you are already dividing something God never intended to split. The tension between belief and daily work is real, but it is not unsolvable. This episode gives you a practical framework for living your faith from Monday to Friday, beyond Sunday morning alone.

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The ART framework (Awareness, Responsibility, Tenacity): transformatio...

Most Christian business owners keep faith and work in separate boxes. Rick Johnson and Bonnie Mock show what happens when you refuse to do that. Rick runs RC Fasteners as a ministry disguised as a fastener company, and Bonnie coaches his employees through spiritual transformation while they're on the clock.

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How Rick transitioned from running the business in his own power to making God the actual CEO

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Nicole Haines serves as Director of Operations at Original Form, a boutique creative and marketing agency in San Diego. In this episode, Nicole shares how she came to faith four years ago, how her leadership changed afterward, and the three Ps she leans on every day in fast paced agency work. You will hear a direct conversation about identity, work, prayer, and why slowing down protects your leadership inside fast moving organizati...

What do you do when the corporate ladder you worked 30 years to climb collapses beneath you? In this episode of Follower of One, host Addison Williams sits down with Brenda Soto, a human resources consultant, faith-based business coach, and founder of brendasoto.com. Brenda shares how burnout, divorce, and losing her international HR career became the exact ground where she met Jesus for the first time as a relationship instead of ...

Dale Young spent five decades in business before realizing his greatest work was helping others connect their professional identity with their identity in Christ.
In this episode, Addison Williams sits down with Dale to talk about his upcoming book, The Power of Aligning Your Faith and Business, and the framework he developed through coaching over 70 entrepreneurs. Dale shares how he built a million-dollar managed services cont...

Cole Permenter spent six years in MMA cages, 11 years pastoring a small-town Louisiana church, and built a fitness brand to keep ministers physically ready for the gospel. In this episode, Cole joins Addison Williams to talk about what it looks like to live on mission in a secular world, whether you work in a fab shop, run an HVAC business, or lead a congregation.

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What is Base 1520?
Cole founded Base 152...

Rick Johnson started RC Fasteners and Components right after 9/11 with no money, no customers, and a word from God: "I won't let you fail." Twenty-four years later, his company sells aerospace and industrial fasteners, but Rick calls it "a ministry working undercover as a fastener company." 
In this episode, Rick shares how losing three family members in 11 months broke him down, led him to surrender everything to God, and...

Larry Tribble spent years feeling alone in his faith at work. In grad school and in corporate leadership, he struggled to find the right way to talk about what he believed without alienating the people around him. Then he found Follower of One and a different model for living out faith in the marketplace. In this episode, Larry sits down with host Addison Williams to talk about what changed, how he brought his entire church on boar...

Most Christians in the marketplace carry pain they have never talked about out loud. That silence shapes how they show up at work, in relationships, and in their faith. This episode asks what becomes possible when you stop managing your story and start letting it serve others.
Lynne Farrell joins Addison Williams to share how her faith journey moved from a small homeschool classroom to a video Bible study now reaching thousands...

Rob Stein grew up in a culturally Jewish home where God was rarely discussed. He built multiple businesses, competed as a professional bodybuilder, and leaned heavily on his own abilities. Then his wife started going to church, and everything shifted. In this episode, Rob shares how he went from mocking Easter services to getting baptized, selling a business on God's terms, and building a real estate trai...