Chris Cottrell shares his faith journey during this bonus episode and this story has a bit of everything - deep family wounds, intellectual investigations, spiritual mentorship, an instant moment of understanding, and a host of beautiful witnesses along the way.

After entering the Church in 2022, nine of Chris’ first ten masses were in the Holy Land just before his deployment. Chris shares that the next mass he attended was in Bagdad and how, even in a foreign language, he still fully connected with the mass and experienced the grace and beauty of the Eucharist.

Chris is a Founding Partner at Verde Peak Partners, where he works closely with entrepreneurs and small business owners to exit their businesses while preserving their legacy and team. Chris is also a cofounder of Shepherd's, a made-to-measure men's suiting company. He holds an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, an MBA at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business where he was awarded one of two full scholarships and won the international Venture Capital Investment Competition, and a BS in Political Science at Arizona State University. Chris also serves as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and deployed with U.S. Special Operations Command, earning a Bronze Star.