We commonly associate "brain drain" with STEM graduates moving away from central Indiana to higher paying jobs on the coasts. But there is a ministry brain drain as well, when seminary students leave for in-person learning only available in other states. Nicholas Piotrowski and the faculty at Indianapolis Theological Seminary are changing that. They're also working closely with local churches and pastors to deliver Biblically-centric, evangelical, reformed theological education which is relevant to what the many healthy churches in Indiana need.

lya Rehkter is Founder and CEO of Megawatt, a Bitcoin miner hosting company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. Bitcoin mining has become a huge, global business and as the industry has become more competitive, the necessity of getting the economics right has increased substantially. Ilya draws on his prior experiences as a software entrepreneur and individual Bitcoin miner to deliver customer-centric mining hosting environments which are reliable, professionally run, and priced in a way to help investors be profitable.

Tess Worrell is an attorney, mediator, and Co-founder of Resolution Mediation, LLC. Our legal system, by design, is adversarial which often, but not always, serves disputing parties well. Mediation, on the other hand, allows people to collaboratively solve their shared problems. In this episode Tess shares the many ways in which mediation can help people address concrete problems without destroying each other, their families, or their businesses.

Ryan returns as my guest on this episode to talk about the motivations for owning Bitcoin and how to buy and start accumulating it. For more information on Ryan's firm, visit swan.com. To contact Ryan: ryan@swan.com

The book "Inventing Bitcoin" by Yan Pritzker (which Ryan references in this episode) is available for free at Swan's site: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/inventing-bitcoin/

This is the second half of my conversation with Pete Gall, founder of Centurion Response. In this episode Pete describes the Centurion Identity Package, which is a way for leaders to understand themselves fundamentally, along spiritual, personal, and professional lines. Pete is offering a 20% discount on Identity Packages to Generous Investor listeners who mention the show when they sign up: centurionresponse.com

Pete Gall is founder of Centurion Response, a vision-casting studio for faithful business leaders. In our conversation, Pete describes his early years in advertising and how that experience caused him to reject creating needs to sell products and to instead begin helping others understand their true identities.

Ryan Flynn is Managing Director Swan Private Wealth, one of the largest Bitcoin-only exchanges. In this episode, Ryan describes how he found Bitcoin, what the fundamental problem with fiat currency is, and how Bitcoin satisfies the three properties required to be a true form of money.

My guests today are Dr. Andy Goodwin, Principal & CEO and Mr. Matt Maudlin, Director of Advancement at Covenant Christian High School in Indianapolis. My wife and I have sent all four of our children to Covenant and our youngest is about to begin her senior year there. In addition to sharing Covenant’s story and some of the uniquenesses that have kept us there, Andy and Matt share several ideas about how families can make Christian education more affordable.