Hey friend, welcome to the Mere Christians podcast. I'm Jordan Rayner.

How does the gospel influence the work of mere Christians? Those of us who aren't pastors or religious

professionals, but who work as postal workers, psychiatrists, and tree trimmers.

That's the question we explore every week,

and today I'm posing it to my friend Will Akoff. He's the co-founder of Corner to Corner, a Nashville-based nonprofit that equips underestimated entrepreneurs, especially from

historically marginalized communities, to turn their God-given ideas into thriving businesses.

And they've done that with more than like 1,500 businesses that generated $37 million of revenue last year.

Will is doing extraordinary work.

Will and I sat down recently to talk about how we can find joy in our work even when it sucks.

We talked about how his trailhead practice can lead you to spirit-led self-awareness at the start of your day.

And we talked about why you and I need to stop limping towards God's throne and start running towards it.

Instead, I think you're going to love

this episode with my friend, Will Aykoff. Will Aykuff. Welcome to the mere Christians podcast.

Jordan, thank you so much for having me today, man. Excited to be here.

Do you know, Pump, we met, you forgot this.

I'm going to call you out here.

We met after this speech I gave at, was it at Lipscomb?

Lipscomb here in Nashville, Businesses Mission Conference.

That's right.

This is like way back in 2019.

We lost touch.

Your brother John reconnected us, and I'm so glad he did. Because when I

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