Exploring the Marketplace

Welcome to Exploring the Marketplace — the podcast where faith meets influence.Today’s special live December episode features Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson in an unfiltered, timely conversation about burnout, rest, and God’s design for work and life. With recent studies showing that over 60% of Americans are experiencing burnout—and nearly 80% of people under 35—this episode speaks directly to the moment we’re living in.From boardrooms and businesses to ministry, family life, and personal calling, Shawn and Bob unpack:Why burnout is not just a workplace issue, but a spiritual oneWhat Scripture reveals about rest, Sabbath, and sustainable purposeHow to recognize unhealthy rhythms—and course-correct with GodPractical ways to hear God in the middle of pressure, deadlines, and responsibilityWhy faith-filled leadership requires presence with God, not constant strivingYou’ll also hear personal stories, leadership insights, and biblical perspective on navigating career demands without losing joy, clarity, or connection with God.This episode marks a special milestone as Exploring the Marketplace officially moves to Mondays, helping you start your week inspired, grounded, and aligned with God’s purposes.Whether you’re an entrepreneur, executive, creative, pastor, or professional—this conversation will encourage you to rethink success, redefine rest, and rediscover God’s voice in everyday life.📌 New episodes every Monday📘 Learn how to hear God in your career: Wired to Hear🌍 Join the global conversation where faith shapes culture👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share this episode with someone who needs encouragement this season.📌 Subscribe for weekly updates and prophetic insights from Shawn Bolz📲 Follow us on social: @ShawnBolz🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcastsWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wCk-xLF2edYRSS: https://bit.ly/3Q0wnPoiTunes: http://apple.co/2A6QJRzGoogle Podcast: http://bit.ly/2L3dvRaSpotify: https://bit.ly/3U0ANGTCome join me on my Social Media:Facebook: ShawnbolzTwitter: ShawnBolzInstagram: ShawnBolzTikTok: ShawnBolzYouTube: ShawnBolzofficialYouTube: Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn and BobTake a class or attend an event at our Spiritual Growth Academy: Our 4 week classes and monthly events are designed to do the heavy lifting in your spiritual growth journey. Learn how to hear from God, stay spiritually healthy, and impact the world around you: https://bit.ly/3B2luDROur resources: resources@bolzministries.comOur office: info@bolzministries.com

Today on Exploring the Marketplace, Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson dive into the real stories you don’t usually hear on Sundays—where faith, work, courage, and calling collide. This episode is all about building runways from where you are now to what God is inviting you into next.You’ll hear an inspiring conversation with Lauren Lancaster, a former casino executive assistant who followed a God-given spark into a thriving 20+ year career as a professional makeup artist in Los Angeles and beyond. From cleaning apartments and living on faith to red carpets, major productions, and divine open doors, Lauren shares how obedience, consistency, community, and wise counsel shaped her journey.In this episode, we explore:How to steward a spark into a sustainable careerWhy assignments change, but identity doesn’tThe power of consistent reps over timeNavigating pivots, setbacks, and providential doorsInviting wisdom, counsel, and community into your processRecognizing God’s guidance in unexpected transitionsThese conversations are designed to give you courage—to dream with God, take practical steps forward, and trust Him through the hard seasons as well as the breakthroughs.If you’re wrestling with calling, career transitions, or how faith fits into real-world work, this episode will encourage you to keep going.📌 Subscribe for weekly updates and prophetic insights from Shawn Bolz📲 Follow us on social: @ShawnBolz🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcastsWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Lyd-N8taLigRSS: https://bit.ly/3Q0wnPoiTunes: http://apple.co/2A6QJRzGoogle Podcast: http://bit.ly/2L3dvRaSpotify: https://bit.ly/3U0ANGTCome join me on my Social Media:Facebook: ShawnbolzTwitter: ShawnBolzInstagram: ShawnBolzTikTok: ShawnBolzYouTube: ShawnBolzofficialYouTube: Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn and BobTake a class or attend an event at our Spiritual Growth Academy: Our 4 week classes and monthly events are designed to do the heavy lifting in your spiritual growth journey. Learn how to hear from God, stay spiritually healthy, and impact the world around you: https://bit.ly/3B2luDROur resources: resources@bolzministries.comOur office: info@bolzministries.com

Today on Exploring the Marketplace, Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson sit down for an honest, faith-filled conversation about obedience, generosity, and trusting God through the realities of business, money, and calling.This episode features marketplace leader and entrepreneur Elena Huggins, who shares her powerful journey as a single mom, business owner, and believer navigating hardship, risk, generosity, and growth. From funding missions instead of going on them, to giving sacrificially when resources were scarce, to learning how obedience shapes long-term fruit—this conversation pulls back the curtain on faith lived out in real life.Together, Shawn, Bob, and Elena explore: • How obedience and generosity shape careers and finances • Why trust is the key to long-term faithfulness • The loneliness many high-level leaders face—and why community matters • The hidden cost of entrepreneurship and the grace God gives in the struggle • How honesty, humility, and surrender lead to breakthrough • Why faith is often forged in discomfort, not easeThese are the stories you don’t usually hear on Sundays—real conversations from the marketplace that will give you courage to trust God with your career, finances, and future.If you’ve been praying for breakthrough, clarity, or renewed faith around money and calling, this episode is for you.📌 Subscribe for weekly updates and prophetic insights from Shawn Bolz📲 Follow us on social: @ShawnBolz🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcastsWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bnUl4vyyJTsRSS: https://bit.ly/3Q0wnPoiTunes: http://apple.co/2A6QJRzGoogle Podcast: http://bit.ly/2L3dvRaSpotify: https://bit.ly/3U0ANGTCome join me on my Social Media:Facebook: ShawnbolzTwitter: ShawnBolzInstagram: ShawnBolzTikTok: ShawnBolzYouTube: ShawnBolzofficialYouTube: Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn and BobTake a class or attend an event at our Spiritual Growth Academy: Our 4 week classes and monthly events are designed to do the heavy lifting in your spiritual growth journey. Learn how to hear from God, stay spiritually healthy, and impact the world around you: https://bit.ly/3B2luDROur resources: resources@bolzministries.comOur office: info@bolzministries.com

Welcome to Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn Bolz & Bob Hasson!This week, we welcome Pastor Jesse Bradley, whose remarkable journey takes him from professional soccer to ministry. After a life-threatening illness ended his athletic career, God redirected him into a calling that has impacted thousands through Grace Community Church, chaplaincy with professional athletes, and global initiatives like Just Choose Hope. Jesse also shares insights from his latest book, The Power of the Second Thought, about replacing lies with God’s truth and cultivating hope.Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson explore divine setups—how God uses closed doors, unexpected timing, and unlikely people to position you for purpose, career, and life. Learn how setbacks can become supernatural setups and how to recognize God’s fingerprints on your journey.Whether you’re navigating business, creativity, or personal growth, this episode offers faith-driven strategies, inspiration, and courage for living out your calling in the marketplace.📌 Subscribe for weekly updates and prophetic insights from Shawn Bolz📲 Follow us on social: @ShawnBolz🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcastsWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rKC6wMCaSGYRSS: https://bit.ly/3Q0wnPoiTunes: http://apple.co/2A6QJRzGoogle Podcast: http://bit.ly/2L3dvRaSpotify: https://bit.ly/3U0ANGTCome join me on my Social Media:Facebook: ShawnbolzTwitter: ShawnBolzInstagram: ShawnBolzTikTok: ShawnBolzYouTube: ShawnBolzofficialYouTube: Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn and BobTake a class or attend an event at our Spiritual Growth Academy: Our 4 week classes and monthly events are designed to do the heavy lifting in your spiritual growth journey. Learn how to hear from God, stay spiritually healthy, and impact the world around you: https://bit.ly/3B2luDROur resources: resources@bolzministries.comOur office: info@bolzministries.com

🎙️ Today on Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn Bolz & Bob Hasson…We’re joined by Janelle Rawlins and Nicki Edmiston, founders of Mindful Merch—an ethical, Kingdom-focused fashion company reshaping an industry known for overproduction and exploitation.Born from a prophetic word, Mindful Merch has become a global movement championing sustainability, fair wages, and purpose-driven business. With small teams in Vietnam and Bangladesh, they’re proving what’s possible when Jesus is at the center of entrepreneurship.In this episode, Janelle and Nicki share: ✨ How God birthed their business through prophecy ✨ The financial storms that tested their faith ✨ Miracles that kept them afloat—like the 17,000 flawed T-shirt story ✨ How God used their journey to shape their calling ✨ Why Mindful Merch is part of a larger Kingdom wealth transferTheir story is raw, inspiring, and full of marketplace miracles. If you’re building anything with God, this episode will encourage you deeply.📌 Subscribe for weekly updates and prophetic insights from Shawn Bolz📲 Follow us on social: @ShawnBolz🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcastsWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HAdBv9SiaUgRSS: https://bit.ly/3Q0wnPoiTunes: http://apple.co/2A6QJRzGoogle Podcast: http://bit.ly/2L3dvRaSpotify: https://bit.ly/3U0ANGTCome join me on my Social Media:Facebook: ShawnbolzTwitter: ShawnBolzInstagram: ShawnBolzTikTok: ShawnBolzYouTube: ShawnBolzofficialYouTube: Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn and BobTake a class or attend an event at our Spiritual Growth Academy: Our 4 week classes and monthly events are designed to do the heavy lifting in your spiritual growth journey. Learn how to hear from God, stay spiritually healthy, and impact the world around you: https://bit.ly/3B2luDROur resources: resources@bolzministries.comOur office: info@bolzministries.com

Today on Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson, we’re joined by Jock Hiltz—Creative Director at Cartoon Conrad Productions and a storyteller whose journey is anything but ordinary.After spending 17 years in the federal government, Jock took a courageous leap into the world of animation, filmmaking, and creative leadership. What began as a small production company in 2012 grew into a decade of hands-on directing, producing, and building unique visual stories—eventually partnering with his best friend Luke Conrad at Cartoon Conrad.Jock shares how faith shaped every step of his career: from praying for divine connections, to unexpected open doors in reality television, to launching his own company that became his full-time work during COVID. He talks about rejection that forged resilience, projects that fell through, and how God continually turned setbacks into new opportunities—including a self-written TV movie now headed into production.You’ll also hear incredible marketplace miracle stories, including how their studio acquired 300 acres through last-minute breakthrough financing and how a surprising call from Will Smith’s Westbrook company unlocked a wave of new collaborations with major YouTubers and entertainment leaders.Jock brings heart, humility, and a faith-filled perspective to both creativity and leadership. You won’t want to miss this inspiring conversation!📌 Subscribe for weekly updates and prophetic insights from Shawn Bolz📲 Follow us on social: @ShawnBolz🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcastsWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MPRBLoRDahERSS: https://bit.ly/3Q0wnPoiTunes: http://apple.co/2A6QJRzGoogle Podcast: http://bit.ly/2L3dvRaSpotify: https://bit.ly/3U0ANGTCome join me on my Social Media:Facebook: ShawnbolzTwitter: ShawnBolzInstagram: ShawnBolzTikTok: ShawnBolzYouTube: ShawnBolzofficialYouTube: Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn and BobTake a class or attend an event at our Spiritual Growth Academy: Our 4 week classes and monthly events are designed to do the heavy lifting in your spiritual growth journey. Learn how to hear from God, stay spiritually healthy, and impact the world around you: https://bit.ly/3B2luDROur resources: resources@bolzministries.comOur office: info@bolzministries.com

Welcome to Exploring the Marketplace, the podcast where faith meets real life and real work. Hosted by Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson, we bring you unfiltered, powerful conversations with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and culture shapers who are living out their faith in extraordinary ways.From billion-dollar boardrooms to creative industries, we dive deep into how God is moving through everyday people—just like you—bringing purpose, transformation, and supernatural insight to the marketplace.Whether you're a business owner, creative, professional, or just looking to step more boldly into your calling, Season 5 is packed with stories that will inspire you, challenge you, and build your courage to pursue God’s voice in your career and life.These are the stories you don’t hear on the news—but they’re the ones changing the world.📌 Subscribe for weekly updates and prophetic insights from Shawn Bolz📲 Follow us on social: @ShawnBolz🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcastsWatch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/YZXWg3mol2cRSS: https://bit.ly/3Q0wnPoiTunes: http://apple.co/2A6QJRzGoogle Podcast: http://bit.ly/2L3dvRaSpotify: https://bit.ly/3U0ANGTCome join me on my Social Media:Facebook: ShawnbolzTwitter: ShawnBolzInstagram: ShawnBolzTikTok: ShawnBolzYouTube: ShawnBolzofficialYouTube: Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn and BobTake a class or attend an event at our Spiritual Growth Academy: Our 4 week classes and monthly events are designed to do the heavy lifting in your spiritual growth journey. Learn how to hear from God, stay spiritually healthy, and impact the world around you: https://bit.ly/3B2luDROur resources: resources@bolzministries.comOur office: info@bolzministries.com

🎙️ New Episode of Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn Bolz & Bob HassonChristian parents are losing influence as schools, media, and tech shape their kids more than they do—but Nathan & D’Lytha Myers are fighting back through faith-filled storytelling.D’Lytha, a seasoned actress, producer, and homeschool mom, and Nathan, an award-winning filmmaker and designer for The Chosen (Seasons 1–3), created Aria Appleton Shines—a bold kids’ film bringing biblical truth to culture through music and story.They share insights on:🎬 Why entertainment is discipling our kids—and how to reclaim it📱 Overcoming tech addiction, rebellion, and moral drift🌟 Creating pro-God content that impacts culture🔥 The spiritual battle over storytellingListen now and discover how faith, creativity, and family can reshape culture for good.📌 Subscribe for weekly updates and prophetic insights from Shawn Bolz📲 Follow us on social: @ShawnBolz🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcastsRSS: https://bit.ly/3Q0wnPoiTunes: http://apple.co/2A6QJRzGoogle Podcast: http://bit.ly/2L3dvRaSpotify: https://bit.ly/3U0ANGTCome join me on my Social Media:Facebook: ShawnbolzTwitter: ShawnBolzInstagram: ShawnBolzTikTok: ShawnBolzYouTube: ShawnBolzofficialYouTube: Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn and BobTake a class or attend an event at our Spiritual Growth Academy: Our 4 week classes and monthly events are designed to do the heavy lifting in your spiritual growth journey. Learn how to hear from God, stay spiritually healthy, and impact the world around you: https://bit.ly/3B2luDROur resources: resources@bolzministries.comOur office: info@bolzministries.com

Shae Bynes, known as the “Chief Fire Igniter,” is an influential author and leader in the Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur movement. In a captivating discussion, she shares how a transformative encounter with God shifted her corporate career into entrepreneurship. Shae emphasizes leading with divine grace rather than striving, exploring concepts like grace-empowered leadership and sustainable rhythms. She also addresses how to invite faith into business and outlines practical gifts of grace for achieving true success without burnout.

🎙️ On today’s episode of Exploring the Marketplace, Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson tackle a big question for every believer in business and creative industries: how much of your career is guided by God’s timing ⏳—and how much is up to you? 🙏🔥 They’re joined by King Topher Jones, the visionary behind Rave Jesus, a movement bringing worship 🎵 into mainstream dance music venues 💃🕺. From sold-out shows to life-changing encounters ✨, Topher shares how he’s fusing faith and music in bold, unexpected ways—and launching the first-ever faith-based dance music label with Sony Provident Music 🎶.💡 Whether you’re building a business, growing a brand, or stepping into your calling, this episode will inspire you to partner with God ✝️, take bold action 🚀, and see faith moving in every sphere of life 🌍.📲 Listen now and be encouraged to see your calling, career, and creativity as anointed territory for God’s Kingdom.📌 Subscribe for weekly updates and prophetic insights from Shawn Bolz📲 Follow us on social: @ShawnBolz🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcastsRSS: https://bit.ly/3Q0wnPoiTunes: http://apple.co/2A6QJRzGoogle Podcast: http://bit.ly/2L3dvRaSpotify: https://bit.ly/3U0ANGTCome join me on my Social Media:Facebook: ShawnbolzTwitter: ShawnBolzInstagram: ShawnBolzTikTok: ShawnBolzYouTube: ShawnBolzofficialYouTube: Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn and BobTake a class or attend an event at our Spiritual Growth Academy: Our 4 week classes and monthly events are designed to do the heavy lifting in your spiritual growth journey. Learn how to hear from God, stay spiritually healthy, and impact the world around you: https://bit.ly/3B2luDROur resources: resources@bolzministries.comOur office: info@bolzministries.com