I was sitting across the desk from the retailer as she kindly shared with me that our pieces weren’t inspirational enough for her market. “Christian shoppers want more crosses, inspirational sayings and items that represent their faith.”   She wasn’t the first Christian retailer to give me this feedback.   I GET it. I really do.   At the end of the day we want to make our target customer happy. If they want more meaningful pieces that tell the world about their faith, then we need to deliver. But I would be remiss if I didn’t explain a...

A little over 4 years ago, I gathered a few of my friends at Black Walnut Cafe and shared with them about this crazy idea to start a hybrid business/ministry that employed street boys by making jewelry. WHAT!?  Here is how the convo went down: "So here is the plan....we are going to rely on orphaned boys who don't speak English and don't know how to make jewelry to make beautiful jewelry in Haiti and we are going to sell it in the U.S. All the profits will go back to support more boys who age out of orphanages.... and...